Turkish airstrikes kill 17 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, ministry says

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In this picture taken on April 25, 2023, women walk along a road in the garden of their home in the village of Hiror near the Turkish border in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, where firefights occur between the Turkish army and fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party. (File/AFP)
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  • Turkiye has also launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia

ISTANBUL: Turkiye鈥檚 military conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq and 鈥渘eutralized鈥� 17 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the defense ministry said on Monday.
Turkiye, which typically uses the term neutralized to mean killed, has been carrying out a cross-border operation called Claw-Lock in Iraq as part of its offensive against PKK militants.
The PKK, which has been waging an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, is designated a terrorist organization by Turkiye, the United States and the European Union.
Turkiye has also launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia, regarding it as a wing of the PKK. 

Topics: Turkey Iraq