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The Turkish army has destroyed shelters and ammunition depots used by terrorists in northern Iraq, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said airstrikes were carried out in the Sinat-Haftanin, Metina, and Gara regions.
Shelters, weapon emplacements, and ammunition depots were destroyed in the airstrikes, the statement added.
Airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq have been carried out regularly since July 2015, when the PKK resumed its decades-long armed campaign.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU.
In its terror campaign against Turkey, which has lasted for more than three decades, over 40,000 people have been killed, including many women and children.
The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) destroyed shelters, fighting holes and armories used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in an air operation conducted in northern Iraq on Wednesday.The operation targeted northern Iraq’s Sinat, Haftanin, Metina and Gara areas, said a statement publish on the Turkish Armed Forces’ official Twitter account.Airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq have been carried out regularly since July 2015, when the PKK resumed its decades-long armed campaign.Iraqi PM calls for disarmament of PKK terrorist groupNorthern Iraq’s Qandil Mountains have been a haven for PKK terrorists over the past few decades. Considered as the main base of the PKK, which control checkpoints and entrances to the mountains, the structuring in the area is used for cover and concealment by terrorists.The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than 30 years and has been responsible for the death of nearly 40,000 people.Talks on Manbij roadmap fruitful, productive: McGurkSeparately, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, in a statement, praised the Turkish Land Forces’ efforts to preserve Turkey’s interests and to contribute to global peace and stability in three continents, from Afghanistan to Kosovo, from Bosnia- Herzegovina to Qatar, and from Lebanon to Somalia.“The Land Forces will continue to fulfill any task it is assigned, as it has done so far, and will continue to be a source of pride for our noble nation,” he said.Akar’s statement came on the anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Land Forces.
Turkey destroys PKK targets in northern Iraq air op
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called for the disarmament of the PKK terrorist group, along with all armed groups operating in the country. At a Tuesday press conference held in Baghdad, al-Abadi said his government wanted to see the “complete disarmament” of all armed groups operating in Iraq, especially the PKK.He went on to note that his cabinet, at a weekly meeting on Tuesday, had also discussed the security situation along Iraq’s borders with Turkey and Iran.Earlier this month, the Turkish Armed Forces launched fresh counter-terrorism operations in northern Iraq's Qandil Mountain region, a known PKK stronghold.The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.During the group’s three-decade terror campaign against Turkey, over 40,000 people -- including women and children -- have been killed.
Iraqi PM calls for disarmament of PKK terrorist group
Separately, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, in a statement, praised the Turkish Land Forces’ efforts to preserve Turkey’s interests and to contribute to global peace and stability in three continents, from Afghanistan to Kosovo, from Bosnia- Herzegovina to Qatar, and from Lebanon to Somalia.
“The Land Forces will continue to fulfill any task it is assigned, as it has done so far, and will continue to be a source of pride for our noble nation,” he said.
Akar’s statement came on the anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Land Forces.