Turkey: Turkey hits Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel targets in Iraq
The Turkish military has said it carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq against targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
In a statement posted on its website, the Turkish Armed Forces said the airstrikes had targeted weapon stores, shelters and other PKK sites in the Qandil area of northern Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdistan’s mountainous, remote Qandil region is the main base for the PKK.
Turkish jets have carried out intermittent strikes against the PKK in north Iraq since July 2015 after the fighters’ abandoned a ceasefire.