Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq: army

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Published: October 06, 2008

Turkish soldiers on patrol near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak in February 2008. Turkish warplanes have carried out a bombing raid against Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighbouring northern Iraq, the military said. (AFP Mustafa Ozer)

ANKARA (AFP) Turkish warplanes carried out a bombing raid against Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighbouring northern Iraq on Monday, the military said.

The strike followed an initial operation Sunday night, in which Turkish forces fired artillery at rebel positions in northern Iraq, the statement said.

The two operations targeted Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who attacked a Turkish military outpost at the Iraqi border Friday, in which at least 15 soldiers were killed, it said.

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