Turkey has launched a new ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq, Turkey's Defense Minister announced Monday, Euronews reports.
Turkish warplanes, artillery and troops attacked targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, ranging from camps to ammunition stores.
The military operation - named "Operation Claw Lock" - was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against militants of the PKK and Syrian Kurdish YPG, which Ankara regards as terrorist groups.
Jets and artillery struck shelters, bunkers, caves, tunnels, ammunition depots and headquarters belonging to the PKK, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in a video posted on the ministry’s website early Monday.
Turkish commandos - with the support of helicopters and drones - then crossed into the area by land or were flown in by helicopters.
No information on casualties was given or how many troops and warplanes participated in the action.
There was no immediate statement from the Kurdish group.
