By LM-Mogadishu-Turkey has bombed multiple locations allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers in Iraq, the defense ministry said.
The raids on Saturday came one day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq resulted in the soldiers’ deaths.
The ministry said the attacks targeted 29 locations – including “caves, bunkers, shelters, and oil installations” belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Syrian Kurdish group which has been a central element in the United States-allied coalition against ISIS (ISIL).
Turkey frequently carries out attacks against locations in Syria and Iraq that it suspects to be associated with the PKK.
The Kurdish separatist group, which is banned in Turkey, is considered a “terror” organization by Turkey, the European Union, and the United States.
Source: Aljazeera
