Turkish air strikes kill 26 militants


FE Team | Published: June 19, 2018 12:20:18 | Updated: June 20, 2018 16:08:52


Turkish air strikes kill 26 militants

Turkish air strikes killed 26 militants and destroyed their gun positions, shelters and ammunition stores in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq this week, Turkey’s armed forces said on Tuesday.

Reuters reported quoting a military statement that the air strikes were carried out on Sunday and Monday in Turkey’s Diyarbakir and Sirnak provinces and in the Avasin-Basyan area of northern Iraq, where the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group has bases.

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