Turkish Airstrike Directed At PKK Kills 6 Peshmerga Fighters
April 25 2017
Kurdish sources say Turkish airstrikes intended to hit fighters from the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have killed six security personnel from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish government, reports Agence France-Presse.
Kurdish officials said Tuesday's airstrikes were apparently aimed at a Yazidi militia allied with the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Ankara. Turkey is allied with the Iraqi Kurdish government.
Kurdish sources called the deaths a "mistake," as cited by...
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