Türkiye Strikes PKK Members in Northern Iraq Air Raid

Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, from a site in the Matin Mountains near the village of Koherzi in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, on April 28th 2022. (AFP)
Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, from a site in the Matin Mountains near the village of Koherzi in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, on April 28th 2022. (AFP)
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Türkiye Strikes PKK Members in Northern Iraq Air Raid

Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, from a site in the Matin Mountains near the village of Koherzi in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, on April 28th 2022. (AFP)
Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, from a site in the Matin Mountains near the village of Koherzi in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, on April 28th 2022. (AFP)

Türkiye struck 23 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an air raid some 140 kilometers into northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

It said all the group had been "neutralized", which typically means killed.

Türkiye regularly carries out cross-border air strikes, often with armed drones, in neighboring Iraq as part of its offensive against PKK there.

On Thursday, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the military had hit 16 targets in air strikes that week in the same Asos region deep into Iraqi territory.



Israel Carries Out Several Attacks in Southern Lebanon

A picture taken from the southern Lebanese region of Marjayoun, shows the destruction in Khiam on November 28, 2024, a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. (AFP)
A picture taken from the southern Lebanese region of Marjayoun, shows the destruction in Khiam on November 28, 2024, a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. (AFP)
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Israel Carries Out Several Attacks in Southern Lebanon

A picture taken from the southern Lebanese region of Marjayoun, shows the destruction in Khiam on November 28, 2024, a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. (AFP)
A picture taken from the southern Lebanese region of Marjayoun, shows the destruction in Khiam on November 28, 2024, a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. (AFP)

The Israeli army carried out several attacks in southern Lebanon on Friday, the third day of the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon’s state media said.

Artillery bombardment struck the villages of Markaba, Talusa and Khiyam while four Israeli tanks moved into the western part of Khiam, the report said, adding that an Israeli tank fired at a house in Nabatiyeh province.

Local media also reported that the Israeli army fired on civilians in the nearby village of Bint Jbeil. No casualties were immediately reported and The Associated Press was not immediately able to verify the claims.

Israel’s military said it struck an area in southern Lebanon where it detected movement of a Hezbollah rocket launcher on Friday.

In the statement on the airstrike, the military said it would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”

There was no immediate comment from the Lebanese army, which has accused Israel of breaking the ceasefire several times since it came into effect.