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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed ...
ANKARA (Reuters) -The Turkish air force conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria on Saturday and destroyed 29 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after 12 soldiers were ...
According to the Turkish government, the perpetrators of the attack were members of the PKK, a group designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union, and the United States. [13] The male perpetrator was identified as Ali Örek, [16] who had the codename "Rojger" [5] and was born in 1992 in Beytüşşebap, Şırnak Province.
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Turkey intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend.
On 18 March 2024, Turkish Drone Bayraktar strikes hit the Jaffey farm (Somali: Beerta Jaffey), about three kilometers west of Bagdad village in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, between 8 pm and 8.30 pm. [1] [2] [3] The TB2 killed 23 civilians including 14 children, five women, and four men. Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes ...
On August 24 2023, two Turkish drone strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan killed seven PKK insurgents, [1] this came at a time of political manoeuvres, when the Turkish foreign minister met with top Kurdish officials in Erbil. [2] This coincided with a political offensive by Turkey, who urged Iraq to recognise the PKK as a terrorist organisation. [1]
Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Sunday, just hours after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing ...
Turkish combat drones entered Syrian airspace while Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets launched long range precision-guided munitions without entering Syrian airspace, according to Turkish sources. [12] According to independent estimates, the retaliatory strikes resulted in the death of approximately 197 to 405 Syrian forces.