ANKARA—Turkish warplanes, helicopters, and drones hit Kurdish terrorist targets in northern Iraq in an air and land operation that targeted facilities ranging from camps to ammunition stores, Turkey’s defense ministry said on Monday.
The military action was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against terrorists of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG both regarded as terrorist groups by Ankara.
The operation focused on the Iraqi regions of Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan, the ministry said in a statement. Alongside the air operation, commandos and special forces also participated, both by land and air.
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