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Turkish jets hit PKK camps in northern Iraq
[Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish fighter jets have hit outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq in the latest in a series of aerial strikes against the outlawed organization amid an upsurge in violence against Turkish security personnel in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's east and southeast. ... and approximately zero strikes on Islamic State... The Turkish Air Force hit targets in the Sinat-Haftanin area in Iraq's north, destroying PKK shelters, ammunition depots and warehouses, security sources said, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The targets hit by Turkish F-16 and F-4 2020 fighter jets were determined over intelligence and images gathered by drones and other intelligence sources. The fighter jets hit four targets simultaneously and fire and kabooms erupting from a strike on an ammunition warehouse lasted for 55 minutes, with smoke rising into the air. The strikes posed a critical move to destroy one of the most significant logistics facilities of the outlawed organization. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... 24 Turkish soldiers were maimed in two separate attacks by PKK Lions of Islam in the eastern province of Van, Dogan News Agency has reported. Posted by: Fred 2015-09-23 |
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