Turkish jets have destroyed 18 PKK terror group targets in northern Iraq following a series of airstrikes. The airstrikes were carried out on Saturday and Sunday in the Hakurk, Zap, Metina, Gara, and Avasin-Basyan regions of northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
The statement further indicated that the neutralized militants were plotting an attack on the Turkish military and their bases in the region.
Airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq, where the terror group has its main base in the Mt. Qandil region, near the Iranian border, have been carried out regularly since July 2015, when the PKK resumed its armed terror campaign.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey as well as 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 women and children.
