CIZRE, Turkey (AFP) – Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, amid US calls for Turkey to wrap up its military incursion in the region as swiftly as possible.
(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)
(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)
Explosions and gunfire were reported in and around Hakurk, a stronghold of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Turkish border.More than a dozen Turkish warplanes could be seen heading for the area.
The PKK said Sunday it had shot down a Turkish attack helicopter, but there was no independent confirmation.
Turkish troops, backed by air support, moved into northern Iraq on Thursday evening in the largest cross-border offensive in years against PKK hideouts.
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