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Turkey carries out new airstrikes in northern Iraq, killing 16 Kurdish militants

Turkey carries out new airstrikes in northern Iraq, killing 16 Kurdish militants


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  • Turkey has reportedly conducted new airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in Iraq.
  • The country's defense ministry said 16 militants, including commanders, were killed in the airstrikes.
  • These airstrikes follow Turkish President Erdogan's recent visit to Iraq, where he sought increased cooperation from Baghdad in combating the militants.

Turkey has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday.

Warplanes struck suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the regions of Hakurk, Metina and Gara in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, according to the statement.

The airstrikes reportedly killed 16 militants, including some commanders, the ministry said. There was no immediate comment from the PKK, a banned separatist group that has waged an insurgency against Turkey since the 1980s.

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The ministry said it was determined to "rescue Turkey from this problem."

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A Turkish army convoy is seen heading toward Sirnak on the Turkey-Iraq border on Oct. 22, 2007, near Sirnak, Turkey. Turkey has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said on Monday. (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

The latest airstrikes came weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid his first visit to Iraq in 12 years, seeking greater cooperation from Baghdad in the fight against the militants. Erdogan had previously announced a major operation against the PKK for this summer with the aim of "permanently" eradicating the threat it poses.

The PKK, labelled a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies, is fighting for Kurdish autonomy in southeast Turkey. The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives since it began in 1984.

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Baghdad has long alleged that Turkish actions in Iraq against the PKK violate its sovereignty, but it appears to be acquiescing to Ankara’s latest operations.

In March, after a meeting between the Iraqi and Turkish foreign ministers, Baghdad announced that the Iraqi National Security Council had issued a ban on the PKK, although it stopped short of designating it as a terrorist organization.

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