Turkish fighter jets hit PKK targets in northern Iraq

He added that militants seized Turkish soldiers’ weapons and ammunition in the operation that retaliated for the “killing of a number of PKK fighters during the Turkish attacks on their positions”. Yavuz Sonat. The commander was immediately taken to the Fırat University Hospital with a helicopter but doctors were unable to save the commander.

A police statement said rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, aimed their attack late Friday at a police vehicle in the town of Bismil but hit the house instead.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan condemned the attack, saying those responsible for “such bloody acts” would be brought to justice. Reports say the clash between the terrorists and security forces is still continuing.

A 9-year-old girl was killed and five people were wounded when a rocket fired by Kurdish militants hit a house in Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, the local governor’s office said.

Turkish army has been targeting PKK positions and hideouts in Gara, northern Iraq. The operation led the PKK to declare a shaky ceasefire deal in place since 2013 null and void.

The PKK, considered to be a terrorist organization by Ankara, began its separatist insurgency in 1984.