Turkey says forces hit northern Iraq

By IRNA

Ankara : Turkish military said its forces have killed between 150 and 175 Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq operations this month.

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In a statement, the military said that more than 200 Kurdish rebel positions were struck in Iraq’s Kurdish region.

Turkey has been targeting rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been launching cross-border attacks against Turkey from Iraq.

Jamal Abdullah, the spokesman of Iraq’s Kurdish regional government, denied reports that strikes took place Tuesday.

He said that Turkish surveillance aircraft carried out a reconnaissance mission over the Iraqi border near a village in Duhuk province.