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Turkish airstrikes kill 10 PKK militants in northern Iraq

Xinhua, May 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Turkish fighter jets pounded outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, killing 10 militants, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Sunday.

The statement said the airstrikes hit PKK targets in Zap and Sinat-Haftanin regions of northern Iraq.

Four shelters and three weapon establishments were also destroyed by the airstrikes, it added.

The Turkish air forces have been conducting regular airstrikes on PKK facilities in both northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey since July 2015, and becoming more frequent since the constitutional referendum in April.

Founded in 1978, the PKK, which is listed as terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the Europe Union, resumed its armed campaign in July 2015 after a brief reconciliation. Endit