Turkish commando units have killed at least 11 PKK 'terrorists' through attacks on their bases in Northern Iraq over past two days. The operations launched over the past two days in the Avasin-Basyan region, five kilometers (three miles) from the border, AFP quoted military sources as saying on Tuesday. Special teams involved in the operations were backed by air cover, with Turkish warplanes bombing the area, the sources added.
According to the army several facilities, including the Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) media and propaganda centre, were destroyed.
An attack by the PKK rebels on a Turkish military outpost on Friday, which resulted in the killing of six soldiers and 19 militants, reportedly prompted the Turkish air raid on rebel positions in Avasin-Basyan late Saturday.