Turkish jets bomb PKK sites in north Iraq, southeast Turkey
Turkish warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes against the positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey.
The airstrikes were carried out overnight on Wednesday, destroying PKK hideouts and weapon caches in the areas, security sources said.
The warplanes hit targets near the Turkish towns of Lice in Diyarbakir Province and Semdinli in Hakkari Province.
The Iraqi government and semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have frequently objected to Turkey’s airstrikes on Iraq’s territory.
Ankara has been engaged in a large-scale campaign against the PKK in its southern border region in the past few months. The Turkish military has been conducting offensives against the positions of the militant group in northern Iraq as well.
On June 11, some 13 PKK militants were killed and several others injured in Lice bombing.
Turkey’s operations began in the wake of a deadly July 2015 bombing in the southern town of Suruc in which more than 30 people were killed.
A shaky ceasefire between Ankara and the PKK that had stood since 2013 was declared null and void by the militants following Turkish strikes against the group.
The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey since 1984. The conflict has left more than 40,000 people dead.
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