Turkish army targets PKK's outposts in northern Iraq, SE Turkey

ANKARA - 18 July 2017: The Turkish army announced on Tuesday targeting outposts of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and in southeastern Turkey.

The air shelling was carried out when the army have determined outposts of the PKK attempting to launch an attack, Al Hurra channel quoted a Turkish army statement as saying.

The shelling resulted in killing of a number of PKK elements in addition to destroying targets belonging to the Kurdish party in Al Zab town in northern Iraq and city of Betlis in southeastern Turkey, the statement added.