Turkish drone attack kills 1 Kurdish militant, wounds 2 in N. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — A Turkish drone strike on Monday killed a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and wounded two others in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Counter-Terrorism Service of the neighboring semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a statement.
The airstrike occurred at 9:45 a.m. local time (0645 GMT) when a Turkish drone attacked a gathering of PKK militants in Makhmour refugee camp, southeast of the provincial capital Mosul, the statement said.
Turkish forces frequently carry out cross-border operations targeting PKK militants in northern Iraq, with a particular focus on the Qandil Mountains, which serve as the group’s stronghold.
The PKK, designated as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, and the European Union, has rebelled against the Turkish government for more than three decades. ■