ANKARA, Apr 25 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish airstrikes killed eight members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), as part of counter-terrorism operations in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Friday.
“Eight PKK terrorists, identified using reconnaissance and surveillance in the Gara region in northern Iraq, were neutralised by an air operation. Our operations will continue until the last terrorist is neutralised,” the ministry tweeted.
On May 27, 2019, Turkey launched a military operation dubbed “Operation Claw,” targeting PKK strongholds in neighbouring Iraq, which Ankara says are used by the group, to launch cross-border attacks inside Turkish territory.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the EU, launched a 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state, which caused the lives of more than 40,000 people.– NNN-ANADOLU
