Turkey Begins Offensive Against Marxist-Nationalist Kurdish Fighters in North Iraq

Turkey Begins Offensive Against Marxist-Nationalist Kurdish Fighters in North Iraq
Turkish troops in action against Marxist-nationalist Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq on June 17, 2020. Turkish Ministry of Defence via AP
The Associated Press
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ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops into northern Iraq for a cross-border ground operation against Marxist-nationalist Kurdistan Workers Party fighters who are considered terrorists in Turkey.

The airborne-and-land offensive into the border region of Haftanin, some 9 miles from the Turkey-Iraq border, was launched following intense artillery fire into the area, said the Defense Ministry in Ankara.