ANKARA — Turkey on Friday launched a series of air strikes against US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in northern Syria and Kurdish militants northern Iraq in retaliation for the killings of Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq.
Earlier on Friday, nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four others wounded as a result of an attack on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The Turkish Defense Ministry said 15 militants were “neutralized” during ongoing operations in the northern Iraqi regions of Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil.
In northern Syria, the ministry said a total of 29 targets — including caves, shelters and oil refineries used by the SDF — were “eliminated.”
