[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Ottoman Turkish warplanes staged Arclight airstrike
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s on Monday against the northern mountainous terrain of Duhok province in Iraqi Kurdistan. Targets hit by the raid are believed to be held by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
No human casualties were reported, but a security source in the Amedi district told Asharq al-Awsat that Ottoman Turkish fighter jets attacked two villages located at the base of mountain Mtein after midnight on Monday.
Speaking under the conditions of anonymity, the source added that another two villages at the base of mountain Karah were also targeted.
"Areas targeted by Ottoman Turkish raids are uninhabited, so the bombing did not cause any casualties, but it caused panic among the residents of the nearby villages as smoke plumes were seen rising in the area," they explained.
Hashem Ahmed, a local from Amedi district, reported that Ottoman Turkish jets could be heard soaring over the region before six explosions went off near the villages of Banavi and Korki.
"Ottoman Turkish aircrafts usually target any human presence in these areas, which endangers the lives of herders and farmers there," Ahmed told Asharq al-Awsat, adding that many pastures and farmlands have been grazed by the raids.
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