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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Turkey Says its Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militant Targets in Northern Iraq

Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar attends a NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2022. (Reuters)

Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq in an air and land operation that targeted facilities ranging from camps to ammunition stores, Turkey's defense ministry said on Monday.

The military action was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), both regarded as terrorist groups by Ankara.

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