Turkey bombards Kurdistan region border villages

Turkey bombards Kurdistan region border villages

AMEDI, Kurdistan Region — Turkey late Sunday once again started shelling
Kurdish fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in border villages of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.



Turkish artillery began shelling the villages of Bedkar, Spindar, Baluka
and Kara in the Kani Masi district of Amedi, according to Rudaw correspondent Gharib Majid. Intermittent Turkish shelling is ongoing and casualties are not yet known.



Ankara has a history of bombarding border areas of the Kurdistan region in Iraq to target PKK fighters, mostly around Mount Qandil.