Turkey hits 64 PKK targets in new Iraq air strikes: report

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Turkish warplanes struck 64 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in overnight raids on northern Iraq, dropping 80 bombs, the Turkish media reported Friday.

At least 60 PKK militants were killed in the strikes, carried out by 21 Turkish F-16 and F-4 warplanes, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported, quoting security sources.

A military aircraft on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, near Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015

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The toll could not be verified independently.

The strikes, which ran from late Thursday to dawn Friday, are the latest in a relentless air campaign aimed at crippling the PKK, which has staged a string of attacks in Turkey in recent weeks.

Turkish warplanes struck 64 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in overnight raids on northern Iraq, dropping 80 bombs, the Turkish media reported Friday.

At least 60 PKK militants were killed in the strikes, carried out by 21 Turkish F-16 and F-4 warplanes, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported, quoting security sources.

A military aircraft on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, near Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015

, AFP/File

The toll could not be verified independently.

The strikes, which ran from late Thursday to dawn Friday, are the latest in a relentless air campaign aimed at crippling the PKK, which has staged a string of attacks in Turkey in recent weeks.