Turkey launches first air strikes on PKK in northern Iraq since attempted coup
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The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have carried out their first air strikes against the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since the July 15
failed coup attempt, killing 20 PKK militants, state media reported on July 20.
F-16 fighter jets late on July 19 hit
PKK targets in the Hakurk region of northern Iraq, said the state-run Anadolu Agency, quoting security sources.
Former Turkish Air Force Chief Gen. Akın Öztürk, 25 other ex-generals and a large number of soldiers have been arrested, suspected of planning a coup on July 15.July/20/2016
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