12 killed as Turkish jets hit PKK bases in Turkey, northern IraqTurkish fighter jets struck Kurdish militant targets in rural areas of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province and northern Iraq on Friday, killing 12 militants, security sources said. Eight Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) target More… |
Turkish jets scramble after Syria copters at borderTurkey's armed forces command said on Sunday it had scrambled a total of six F-16 fighter jets in three separate incidents responding to Syrian military helicopters approaching the border on Saturday, but there was no violation of Turkish airs More… |
Turkish jets on 3rd night of sortiesTen warplanes took off from an airbase in southeastern Turkey on Friday on what appeared to herald a third night of strikes against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq, a Reuters witness said. There was no immediate confirmation of t More… |