ISTANBUL: Six Turkish soldiers were killed and one wounded when their base in northern Iraq was attacked by members of a Kurdish party outlawed by Ankara, the defense ministry said Saturday.
Turkiye has operated several dozen military posts in northern Iraq for the past 25 years in its decades-old war against the PKK, a group blacklisted by Turkiye and many of its Western allies as a terrorist organization.
Friday’s attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party occurred near Hakurk, the ministry said, adding that Turkish troops were carrying out a military operation in the area.
In October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue stepping up its strikes on “terrorist” targets in Iraq and Syria.
The PKK claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on October 1 that injured two police officers in Ankara.
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Turkiye says six soldiers killed in PKK strike in Iraq
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Turkiye says six soldiers killed in PKK strike in Iraq
- Turkiye has operated several military posts in northern Iraq in its decades-old war against the PKK
Lebanon says four killed in Israeli strike on hotel in Beirut
BEIRUT: At least four people were killed when an Israeli strike hit an apartment in the Ramada hotel building in central Beirut, Lebanon’s health ministry said, the first strike to hit the heart of the capital since Israel-Hezbollah hostilities resumed last week.
Ten people were also injured in the strike in Beirut’s Raouche area, the health ministry said in a statement.
The hotel was housing displaced people fleeing the war in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, and some were seen leaving the building for fear of further airstrikes.
No further details were immediately available. There was no immediate comment from Israel.
Lebanon was pulled into the widening US-Israel war with Iran on Monday after the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into Israel. Israel responded with heavy strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon and near Beirut.
Ten people were also injured in the strike in Beirut’s Raouche area, the health ministry said in a statement.
The hotel was housing displaced people fleeing the war in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, and some were seen leaving the building for fear of further airstrikes.
No further details were immediately available. There was no immediate comment from Israel.
Lebanon was pulled into the widening US-Israel war with Iran on Monday after the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into Israel. Israel responded with heavy strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon and near Beirut.
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