Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria, Iraq for 2nd day

Turkey struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day on Thursday, following an attack on the premises of a key defense company, which killed at least five persons.

The National Intelligence Organisation targeted numerous “strategic locations” used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, or by Syrian Kurdish militia that are affiliated with the militants, the Anadolu Agency reported.

The targets included military, intelligence, energy and infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots. An official said armed drones were used in Thursday’s strikes. On Wednesday, Turkey air force carried out airstrikes against similar targets in northern Syria and northern Iraq. Defence Minister Yasar Guler on Thursday said that 47 alleged PKK targets were destroyed in Wednesday’s airstrikes — 29 in Iraq and 18 in Syria.