The blast came days after Turkiye closed its airspace to flights to and from the airport, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety
Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
Turkey launches new raid in northern Iraq
AFP
24th April, 2021 08:48:49
The Turkish army on Saturday launched a new ground and air offensive against outlawed Kurdish militants bases in northern Iraq, officials and local media reported.
Turkish media said commando forces landed in the Metina region from helicopters while warplanes dropped bombs on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets. Heroic commandos of the heroic Turkish Armed Forces are in northern Iraq, the defence ministry said in a tweet without specifying how many soldiers were involved.
Turkish television showed images of paratroopers jumping from helicopters and camouflaged soldiers firing guns.
The PKK, listed as a terror group by Turkey and much of the international community, has for decades used Iraq s northern mountains as a springboard for its decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.