Dec 20. 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
"Our Air Forces struck 14 targets in the Gara, Hakurk and Qandil
regions in northern Iraq used by the separatist terrorist organization,"
the ministry said on X, releasing a statement on the platform about the strikes
which took place at 7 p.m. Turkey time (1600GMT).
Turkish airstrikes destroyed 14 PKK terror targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, with many terrorists "neutralized," according to Türkiye's National Defense Ministry.
The targets
that the airstrikes hit consisted of "caves, shelters, bunkers, and storehouses,"
according to the statement, adding that senior terrorists were
"assessed" to be present in some of them.
They were
carried out to "eliminate terrorist attacks against Turkey and its
security forces from northern Iraq by neutralizing members of the PKK terror
group and other terrorist elements and to ensure border security in line with
the legitimate self-defense rights arising from Article 51 of the UN
Charter," the statement added.
Turkish-made
munitions were used as much as possible, it also noted.
Turkish
authorities use the term "neutralize" to imply the terrorists in
question surrendered or were killed or captured.
PKK
terrorists often hide out in northern Iraq to plot cross-border attacks in Turkey,
according to Turkish media.
ahaber
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