MADRID 25 Oct. () –
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced this Friday that its forces have attacked more than 30 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq, after carrying out attacks the day before in both this area of Iraqi territory and in Syria, leaving a balance sheet. provisional death toll of twelve, including two children, in response to the attack against the main facilities of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) company in the capital, Ankara.
The Turkish Army has destroyed 34 targets “in order to neutralize the (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) PKK and other terrorist elements and eliminate terrorist attacks directed against our people and security forces and guarantee our border security,” according to a statement. statement published by the ministerial portfolio on its profile on the social network
The bombings took place this Thursday around 11:30 p.m. (local time) in several towns in northern Iraq: Sinjar, Gara, Hakurk and Qandil, alleging their right to self-defense under the United Nations Charter. “A large number of terrorists have been neutralized in the operation carried out using the maximum amount of ammunition,” Defense said, adding that “all kinds of precautions have been taken to avoid harm to innocent civilians” or historical and cultural property. cultural.
These attacks are being carried out after Türkiye has accused the PKK of the attack in Ankara, which left five dead and 22 injured. According to Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, the two terrorists involved in the attack have been “neutralized.”
The Turkish Army usually carries out military operations against the group in Iraq – where the group has numerous bases – and in Syria since the ceasefire between the Government and the armed group was broken in July 2015.
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