MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The militants were plotting attacks on Turkish security checkpoints on the border with Iraq, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The airstrikes also destroyed terrorist shelters and ammunition depots.
Tensions between Ankara and Kurdish militant groups seeking independence reignited in July 2015, leading to frequent acts of terror by the PKK and regular anti-PKK operations by the Turkish government both in the country and in the territories of the neighboring Syria and Iraq inhabited by Kurds. The PKK is designated as a terrorist organization in Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
