Turkish tanks enter north Iraq to attack PKK

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: A number of Turkish tanks have entered northern Iraq‘s Kurdistan border areas to attack a camp of the anti-Ankara Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the area on Monday, according to Turkish security sources on Tuesday. “The Turkish tanks entrance into the area took place in the background of an attack by PKK forces that killed 24 Turkish soldiers last week,” Reuters quoted the Turkish security sources as saying. The sources said that “the Turkish tank force was on its way to attack a PKK camp, some 2 km away from the Khabour border position, close to the northern Iraqi town of Zakhu.” Noteworthy is that the border areas in Iraqi Kurdistan Region have been targets for Turkish and Iranian raids, targeted against the anti-Ankara PKK positions and the anti-Tehran PJACK positions, taking refuge in northern Iraq‘s Kurdistan border areas, killing and wounding several citizens and forcing hundreds of civilians to desert their home villages. SKH (TS)/SR 98