2 PKK members killed in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defense Ministry says
2 PKK members have been killed in an airstrike in Avashin region of northern Iraq, Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
“As a result of our resolutely continued operations, 2 PKK members identified in the Avashin region of northern Iraq were neutralized in an airstrike campaign,” the statement said.
The ongoing conflict between Turkey and PKK has resulted in nearly forty thousand deaths since 1984 when PKK waged an insurgency against Turkish State. (ILKHA)
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