Iran Press/ Middle East: Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey's ambassador to protest against an alleged violation of the country's airspace by a Turkish aircraft, which conducted airstrikes on several sites in northern Iraq, Sputnik news agency reported.
The airstrikes, which allegedly targeted Kurdish militia positions, led to a "loss of life and property", according to Iraqi Foreign Ministry officials.
Turkey hasn't yet commented on the accusations leveled by Iraqi Foreign Ministry on 14 December. According to earlier reports, the Turkish air force killed 8 members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the airstrike.
PKK militants regularly clash with Turkish forces in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of Turkey attached to northern Iraq.
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Turkey, along with the European Union and the United States, has declared the PKK a terrorist group and has banned it. The militant group has been seeking an autonomous Kurdish region since 1984.
A shaky ceasefire between the PKK and the Turkish government collapsed in July 2015. Attacks on Turkish security forces have soared ever since.
Over the past few months, Turkish ground and air forces have been carrying out operations against PKK positions in the country as well as in northern Iraq and neighboring Syria.
More than 40,000 people have been killed during the three-decade conflict between Turkey and the autonomy-seeking militant group. 104/ 211 / 207
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