Four Turkish Soldiers Killed And Five Injured In Northern Iraq.
Image / Arabnews.
At least four Turkish soldiers were killed and five injured in northern Iraq in two separate attacks blamed on Kurdish militants, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.
The blasts took place outside areas held by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.
Clashes broke out immediately after the first of the attacks, the military said, as it reported it had killed 16 PKK members in air strikes in the past 24 hours.
Turkey regularly conducts air raids against PKK militants who have rear bases in the Qandil mountain area of Iraq, while Turkish ground troops sometimes stage incursions into the area.
The incident comes at a time of high tensions in Iraq following the controversial non-binding independence vote held by Iraqi Kurdistan last month, which was bitterly opposed by Turkey and Baghdad.
Since the PKK launched its insurgency in Turkey in 1984, over 40,000 people have been killed. The group is blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Ankara, the United States and the European Union.
Image / Arabnews.
At least four Turkish soldiers were killed and five injured in northern Iraq in two separate attacks blamed on Kurdish militants, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.
The blasts took place outside areas held by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.
Clashes broke out immediately after the first of the attacks, the military said, as it reported it had killed 16 PKK members in air strikes in the past 24 hours.
Turkey regularly conducts air raids against PKK militants who have rear bases in the Qandil mountain area of Iraq, while Turkish ground troops sometimes stage incursions into the area.
The incident comes at a time of high tensions in Iraq following the controversial non-binding independence vote held by Iraqi Kurdistan last month, which was bitterly opposed by Turkey and Baghdad.
Since the PKK launched its insurgency in Turkey in 1984, over 40,000 people have been killed. The group is blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Ankara, the United States and the European Union.
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