Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in operations carried out on Saturday and Sunday, Turkish army sources told Reuters. They said Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Hakurke region in northern Iraq were hit on Saturday night and several other targets near the Iraqi-Turkish border were bombed on Sunday afternoon.
They said the Turkish army was also carrying out operations against mobile PKK groups spotted inside Turkey near the Iraqi border. There was no mention of casualties caused by the strikes.
Ankara has stepped up military action against the PKK in recent months, as casualties on both sides have risen. Turkey, the European Union and United States term the PKK a terrorist organisation. Around 40,000 people have been killed in fighting between the PKK and the military since 1984, when the PKK took up arms with the aim of establishing an ethnic homeland in south-east Turkey.