Turkish fighter jets heavily bombard villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, with no immediate reports about the exact number of casualties.
Turkish strike kills 3 civilians at Iraq refugee camp
By AFP - Jun 06,2021 - Last updated at Jun 06,2021
The Turkish army regularly conducts cross-border operations and air raids on PKK bases in northern Iraq (AFP file photo)
ERBIL, Iraq Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently threatened to clean up .
Erdogan accuses Turkey s outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of using the mountainous area in Iraq s north as a springboard for its insurgency against the Turkish state.
Turkey regularly conducts cross-border operations and air raids on PKK rear bases in Iraq moves that have strained relations between the two neighbours and launched its latest offensive in April.
Five Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops were killed Saturday in a clash with fighters of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a senior Iraqi Kurdish official said.