Turkey stages air operation against PKK camps

Turkish fighters hit camps of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq on Monday night, said a Turkish military statement on Tuesday.

The statement said Turkey launched airstrikes against PKK camps in Hakkari province and underground bunkers in the regions of Medina, Zap, Avasin-Basyan, Hakurk, Gara and Kandil in northern Iraq.

Turkey has beefed up security operations against suspected militant targets around the country since Oct. 10, when two suicide bombings hit the capital of Ankara, killing 102 people and injuring many others.

Authorities said the IS was the prime suspect in the country's deadliest terror attack in history. Endit