A senior member and two militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) died in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, on Thursday, the region’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement.
The drone killed them in the morning on a main road near Sidakan in Iraq’s Erbil province, the statement added.
Turkish forces frequently carry out ground operations, airstrikes and artillery bombardments in northern Iraq.
Such bombardment usually targets the PKK, especially in the Qandil Mountains, the main base of the group.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has been rebelling against the Turkish government for more than three decades. (Xinhua)
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