Kurdish-led armed teams in Iraq and Syria allege that Turkish airstrikes killed a complete of eight fighters Friday
ByHOGIR AL ABDO and SALAR SALIM
BAGHDAD — Kurdish-led armed teams in Iraq and Syria alleged that Turkish airstrikes killed a complete of eight of their fighters Friday.
The counterterrorism service of the regional authorities within the semi-autonomous Kurdish area in northern Iraq mentioned in a press release that 4 members of the Kurdistan Staff’ Celebration, or PKK, have been killed and one other wounded in a Turkish drone strike in Sharbazher district in Sulaymaniyah within the Kurdish area of Iraq.
The drone focused a automobile carrying PKK fighters close to the village of Rangina, it mentioned.
Additionally Friday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls a lot of northeast Syria, mentioned in a press release that 4 of its fighters have been killed by a Turkish drone assault on the village of Khirbet Khwei within the Amuda area.
The assertion accused Turkey of “aiming at undermining safety and stability within the area.”
There was no rapid remark from Turkey on the strikes.
The violence was the most recent in a monthslong escalation between Turkey and Turkish-backed teams and Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq.
Turkey has spent years combating Kurdish militants in its east and huge Kurdish communities stay in neighboring Iraq and Syria, the place they’ve a level of self-rule. Turkey considers the principle Kurdish militia in northeast Syria an ally of the outlawed PKK. The PKK has for many years waged an insurgency inside Turkey.
Turkish strikes in northern Iraq have been a sore level with the Iraqi authorities, which has condemned them as a violation of its sovereignty.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is predicted to go to Iraq within the close to future, the place the PKK actions and Turkish strikes within the Kurdish area are prone to be factors of debate.
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Al Abdo reported from Qamishli, Syria.