PKK fighters. Archival photoMOSCOW, Apr 18The Turkish Defense Ministry launched a new military operation against the militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), it takes place in the northern part of Iraq, according to the Turkish Anadolu agency. According to it, special forces are involved in the operation and the air force. According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the Associated Press reports, the aircraft successfully attacked shelters, bunkers, tunnels, caves and warehouses of the PKK. «The operation continues successfully as planned. The goals that were set for the first stage, have been achieved… We are determined to save our noble nation from the terrorist scourge that has haunted our country for 40 years. Our struggle will continue until the last terrorist is neutralized,» the minister said, quoted by the agency. Armed the conflict with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey began in 1984 and resumed in 2015. In northern Iraq, there are PKK bases against which the Turkish Armed Forces conduct air and ground operations. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan previously announced the destruction of 6 thousand members of the PKK inside the country and 6.9 thousand outside it since July 2015, the losses of Turkish security forces amounted to more than 1.2 thousand people.
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