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Turkey bombs village in Iraqi Kurdistan, targeting PKK

Turkey's conflict with the PKK has so far this year been concentrated in northern Iraq.

Kurdish riot police stand guard during a demonstration to denounce a Turkish assault in northern Iraq in Sulaimaniya on June 18, 2020.
Kurdish riot police stand guard during a demonstration to denounce a Turkish assault in northern Iraq, in Sulaimaniya city, in the Kurdish autonomous region, on June 18, 2020. — SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images

The Turkish military struck an area of northern Iraq today, targeting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters. 

Turkish jets bombed a mountain in the village of Balinda in the autonomous Kurdistan Region, the PKK-affiliated Rojnews reported

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