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Turkish jets hit alleged PKK position in Duhok province: reports
[Rudaw] The  s targeted weapons positions and shelters of the PKK guerrillas in the Kurdistan Region mountains in the Gara, Zab, and Avashin areas, Media close to the PKK reported a civilian vehicle in the Matin area had been hit by the A local man told Rudaw English that ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... carried out airstrikes for nearly an hour, targeting positions in the mountains near Gelye Baski village, in the Doski area 32 kilometres northeast of Duhok city. There were more than eight airstrikes between 10:30 and 11:20 Friday morning, he said. He had not heard of any civilian casualties. "This is the first time that airstrikes hit this area and the PKK are here," he said. Turkey regularly carries out airstrikes and military offensives against alleged PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region, where the group has its headquarters. In January, six non-combatants were killed in two separate incidents, sparking protests in the town of Shiladze, Duhok province. Angry protesters stormed a The airstrikes and military activities in the mountains have also driven hundreds of villagers out of their homes and destroyed acres of forests. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has repeatedly called on the PKK to leave the Kurdistan Region. "We have to address the root cause of these strikes and it’s the PKK presence. If they aren’t there, there will be no excuse for airstrikes," Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said in January after the Shiladze protests, adding he is in contact with Ankara to "make sure this does not happen again." Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-27 |
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