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Three killed in Turkish drone attack on PKK members in northern Iraq

Vaseline November 11, 2024

A Turkish drone strike killed three members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq late on Saturday, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism agency said on Sunday.

The Turkish attack targeted a vehicle in a mountain area near Iraq’s northern Dohuk province, killing three, including one person identified by the Iraqi Kurdish Counter-Terrorism Agency’s statement as a “senior PKK official,” according to the statement. the statement.

Turkey regularly carries out air strikes on PKK militants in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts on Iraqi territory.

The PKK launched an uprising against Ankara in 1984 with the initial goal of creating an independent Kurdish state. The country subsequently moderated its goals toward greater Kurdish rights and limited autonomy in southeastern Turkey.