Turkey says its air strikes kill 26 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
By REUTERS
ISTANBUL - The Turkish military said on Friday air strikes its forces carried out killed 26 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region on June 12, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported.The PKK, which has fought a decades-old insurgency against the state in southeastern Turkey, has bases in the Qandil region. President Tayyip Erdogan recently vowed to "drain the terror swamp" in Qandil.IDF declares Nitzana Border Crossing a 'closed military zone'