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Turkey announces joint raids with Iran against Kurdish rebels

2019-03-19 09:26:28       source:The Aljazeera

March 19, 2019


Turkey and Iran have launched a joint military operation against Kurdish rebels along Turkey's eastern border, according to an official.


Suleyman Soylu, Turkey's interior minister, said the offensive on Monday targeted the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).


"As of 8:00 this morning, we started an operation with Iran aimed at the PKK on our eastern border," he told a crowd in the Mediterranean city of Antalya. "We will announce the outcome [later]."


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