Turkish jets pound PKK targets in northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes have pounded suspected PKK positions in northern Iraq, a few days after Baghdad announced it intends to end Ankara’s military presence in the country.


According to sources in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, the Turkish cross-border strike on Saturday caused no casualties, but inflicted damage on the farmlands of Sidkan region, north of Arbil.

A member of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) confirmed the attack, saying Turkish jets pounded several targets in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq but no PKK members or Turkish civilians were killed in the airstrike.

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