Turkey bombs PKK in Qandil

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish warplanes bombed on Saturday the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Qandil, on the outskirts of the Kurdistan region.

"At 1 am, eight Turkish warplanes were seen in the sky and later they bombed the Sidakan sub-district and villages of Enzi, Prdashal and Zargali the second after August attacks," said a Rudaw reporter from the scene. No casualties were  reported.

In early August, Turkish fighter jets launched attacks against the PKK in the village of Zargali on the outskirts of Qandil Mountain, killing 10 civilians and two PKK guerrillas and injuring 11 others.

Since July 24, Turkey has continued attacks against the PKK, in and outside Turkey, including the Kurdistan region’s Qandil mountain.Turkey is starting a new offensive with “new strategies” against the PKK, including raids on the group in northern Iraq and Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, Turkish media have reported.

Turkey’s army has urged intelligence agencies and police to arrest those who support PKK in Kurdish areas. At a security meeting this month, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that weeks-long assaults on the PKK would continue during the winter.

The Turkish government and the PKK continued fighting after the ending of a supposed ceasefire.