ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkish jets launched fresh attacks on military bases of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region on Tuesday, a Rudaw reporter on the scene said.
The attacks on Tuesday again targeted the PKK’s Qandil Mountain base in the Kurdistan Region. Turkey carried out airstrikes on the base on Saturday and Sunday, and pounded the positions with artillery on Monay.
The attacks signal a breakdown of peace talks between the Ankara government and the PKK.
The airstrikes coincide with nationwide raids inside Turkey against the PKK, as well as Islamist groups such as the Islamic State.
Following the ISIS attack on a Turkish army base near the Syrian border, the Turkish government -- which was long reluctant to join the fight against Islamic State -- launched several aerial attacks against the group in Syria.
However, near simultaneously, on Friday Turkish F-16 jets also targeted the PKK stronghold of Mount Qandil in northern Iraq, reportedly killing four guerrillas and injuring more than 10 others.
