The Turkish military conducted extensive aerial attacks on areas in northern Iraq after nine of its soldiers were killed in a PKK attack, the Turkish defense ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Turkey destroyed 29 PKK terror targets in northern Iraq and Syria early Saturday during air operations, according to a Turkish National Defense Ministry's statement, Anadolu Agency reported.
"Air operations were carried out against terror targets in the Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil regions in Iraq and northern Syria, in line with the rights to self-defense arising from Article 51 of the UN Charter," the ministry said in a statement.
The operations came after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a PKK terror attack in northern Iraq, the Turkish official media reported.
The ministry said previously that operations continue in the region.
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