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Turkey claims hitting over 30 PKK targets in Kurdistan Region
2023-09-17
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish defence ministry on Saturday announced that it had targeted over 30 alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) positions inside the Kurdistan Region in recent days, causing many casualties.

The ministry said in a statement that "a total of 31 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters and warehouses," of the PKK on Mount Gara were "destroyed" when its air forces hit the Kurdish gang on Wednesday and Friday.

"Many murderous Moslems were neutralised," claimed the ministry.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
uses the term neutralised to denote adversaries captured, maimed, or killed.

Mount Gara is located in Duhok province where Turkey's code-named Operation Claw-Lock continues. The offensive was launched in April last year.

Locals told Rudaw on Tuesday that the Ottoman Turkish air forces had been bombarding mountainous areas in Duhok for three successive nights.

Turkey has recently upped its attacks against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region. It has also intensified its targeting of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria due to their alleged ties with the PKK.

The PKK is an gang that struggles for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey. It is designated a terrorist organization by Ankara, which has launched numerous operations against the group and its alleged offshoots in the Kurdistan Region and Syria.
Related:
Mount Gara: 2023-08-07 One person killed and another one injured when a Turkish plane bombed a civilian vehicle in the Jumanki district of Dohuk
Mount Gara: 2023-07-23 Turkey, PKK clashes intensify in Kurdistan Region
Mount Gara: 2023-03-18 SDF says 9 anti-terror fighters killed in Duhok helicopter crash — due to bad weather
Related:
Duhok: 2023-09-13 Turkey bombards Duhok mountain for the third successive night: Locals
Duhok: 2023-09-11 Turkish military resumes aerial bombardment on PKK sites in Iraq's Kurdistan
Duhok: 2023-09-06 PKK kills Turkish soldier in Kurdistan Region
Related:
Operation Claw-Lock: 2023-08-11 PKK attacks Turkish soldiers in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok, killing six
Operation Claw-Lock: 2023-08-10 PKK kills three Turkish soldiers in Kurdistan Region
Operation Claw-Lock: 2023-07-26 Turkey says soldier killed in clashes with PKK in Duhok, PKK sez they got 3
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