ISTANBUL: Turkey’s defense ministry says it has launched a new military operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
The ministry, in a statement Saturday, announced the start of “Operation Claw-2” to destroy caves and shelters used by members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the Hakurk region. It said the operation began late Friday with commandoes, air strikes and artillery.
The PKK began an insurgency against Turkey in the mainly Kurdish southeast in 1984 and the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people. Turkey, the United States and the European Union consider the group, based in the Qandil mountains of northern Iraq, a terror organization.
Turkey’s first “Claw” operation began in May.
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Turkey begins second wave of operations against PKK in Iraq
Turkey begins second wave of operations against PKK in Iraq
- Turkey announced the start of “Operation Claw-2” to destroy caves and shelters used by members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
- It said the operation began late Friday with commandoes, air strikes and artillery
Israeli forces kill 24-year-old Palestinian in Jericho
- Saeed Al-Sheikh shot dead and 3 other Palestinians wounded during military raid in the city
LONDON: Israeli forces shot and killed a 24-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday evening during a raid in the city of Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank.
The Ministry of Health said Saeed Al-Sheikh was killed by Israeli gunfire, and three other Palestinians sustained injuries of varying severity.
Earlier in the day, also in Jericho, three Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces opened fire with live ammunition during an incursion into the city. Two others were beaten during the operation and a woman was hit by an Israeli military vehicle, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
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