ANKARA, Feb 7 country, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in an attack on a border post on the border with Syria, taking advantage of a devastating earthquake.
On Monday morning, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, the strongest since 1939, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the latest data, 2921 people died in Turkey, almost 16 thousand were injured. Damage was also reported in several regions of Syria, tremors were also felt in the Lebanese capital Beirut. In Syria, the death toll so far stands at more than 700 people, more than 1430 have been injured.
«The PKK/YPG terrorist organization, devoid of a sense of humanity, took advantage of the earthquake and carried out a dastardly attack from a multi-barreled rocket launcher from Tel Rifaat to the area of responsibility of our border post Öncüpınar. Although our troops were not injured or suffered losses, a retaliatory strike was carried out against terrorist targets,» the military department said on Twitter.
Armed conflict with the PKK began in Turkey in 1984 and resumed in 2015. PKK bases are located in the north of Iraq, against which the Turkish Armed Forces conduct air and ground operations.