The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Friday that it carried out a series of airstrikes in northern Iraq between September 7 and 9, resulting in the neutralization of 19 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The ministry stated that the attacks targeted positions of the PKK in three main areas, with 10 members killed in the Karê region, 6 in Hakurk, and 3 in Qandil.