Off the wire
• Continued high temperatures forecast to scorch Taiwan  • Commentary: EU should grant China market economy status  • Chinese shares close lower Wednesday  • Five killed while repairing sewerage equipment in NE China  • 1st LD: Beijing upgrades storm alert as heavy rain continues  • U.S. police officer fatally shot in Kansas  • Belarus's economy shrinks by 2.5 pct in first half of 2016  • Indian glaciers melting at 5 to 20 meter rate annually: gov't  • The 11th stage of Silkway Rally cancelled due to weather conditions  • 1 militant killed, 12 detained in E. Afghan raid  
You are here: 　 Home

Turkey resumes airstrikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq

Xinhua, July 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkish F-16 war jets struck the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the Turkish Armed Forces said Wednesday.

Some 20 PKK militants were killed in the operation that targeted PKK positions in Hakurk region in northern Iraq, the written statement said.

The move was the first military operation after the July 15 coup attempt, which elements of Turkish Air Forces played a major role with F-16 jets bombing state institutions in capital Ankara including the parliament. Endit