A Turkish F-16 fighter jet takes off from İncirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, on July 27. (Photo: Reuters, Murad Sezer)
TURKEY has killed 260 Kurdish militants in a week-long air offensive on targets in northern Iraq as regional Iraqi authorities said it was time the Kurds withdraw from the front line with ISIS as concerns grow over civilian casualties.
Turkey said it had launched a probe after pro-Kurdish media reports said nine civilians had been killed in a botched air strike, as the military pressed on with its relentless air bombardment campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq.
Ankara has launched a two-pronged “anti-terror” offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and PKK militants based in northern Iraq after a wave of attacks inside Turkey.
Update #1: Kurd Leader Urges PKK to 'Withdraw' From Iraq’s Kurdish Territory -- VOA
Update #2: Iraqi Kurds urge PKK to leave civilian areas -- AFP
Update #3: Iraqi Kurds ask Kurdistan Workers Party to withdraw -- AP
WNU Editor: Turkey is making it very clear that of the two .... the Kurds are a bigger threat to them than the Islamic State.
1 comment:
But hey, Obama struck another great deal.
a Double Whammy. First the Iran deal and now the Turkish deal.
If Ar Ramadi is seriously threatened ISIs just might leave the Kurds a one for a short while so they can put out the fire down south.
Obama is the best general that someone could ever have. However, that someone is not America.
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