Turkey conducts airstrikes in Iraq after soldiers killed
The Turkish military conducted extensive aerial attacks on areas in northern Iraq after nine of its soldiers were killed in a PKK attack, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
MEHR: The Turkish military conducted extensive aerial attacks on areas in northern Iraq after nine of its soldiers were killed in a PKK attack, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Turkey destroyed 29 PKK terror targets in northern Iraq and Syria early Saturday during air operations, according to a Turkish National Defense Ministry's statement, Anadolu Agency reported.
"Air operations were carried out against terror targets in the Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil regions in Iraq and northern Syria, in line with the rights to self-defense arising from Article 51 of the UN Charter," the ministry said in a statement.
The operations came after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a PKK terror attack in northern Iraq, the Turkish official media reported.
The ministry said previously that operations continue in the region.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair a security meeting Saturday in Istanbul that will be attended by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Chief of General Staff Metin Gurak and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) chief Ibrahim Kalin.
Iraqi considers Turkey's operations on its territory as violation of its territorial integrity while Turkey says it is fighting the PKK elements hiding in the mountainous region in the north of the country.
