Turkish Army Killed In PKK Militant Attack In Iraq

JAKARTA - A Turkish soldier was killed in clashes with militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Turkish airstrikes killed many militants.

Reported by Reuters on Monday, September 9, the Turkish Ministry of Defense explained that the airstrikes also destroyed 21 PKK targets.

Ankara uses the term dinetrallation which means "was killed".

The soldier was killed in clashes in the Gara area and the Turkish air force targeted the PKK base in Gara, Hakurk, Metina and Qandil.

The PKK, which was designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union, took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984. More than 40,000 people have died in the uprising.

Turkey has carried out years-long cross-border military operations against militants that led to about half of Syria's territory bordering Turkey and the entire territory of Iraq bordering Turkey controlled or supervised by the Turkish military.