Turkey, Iran carry out joint operation against PKK - minister

Turkey has launched a joint operation with Iran against PKK terrorist group on Turkey's eastern border, Turkish interior minister said on Monday. "We started joint operation with Iran against PKK on eastern border at 08.00 a.m. local time [0500GMT]. We will announce the outcome of the operation later. We will eliminate [terrorist PKK]," Süleyman Soylu said in Mediterranean city of Antalya.

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Published Date: 04:27 | 18 March 2019
Modified Date: 06:01 | 18 March 2019

Turkey and Iran carried out a joint operation against bloody-minded PKK terrorists on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said according to state-owned media.

"We started carrying out an operation with Iran against the PKK on our eastern border this morning (and) will announce the result," news agency Anadolu quoted Soylu as saying. State broadcaster TRT Haber also cited him commenting on the operation.

Turkey's military regularly carries out air strikes against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq and has carried out operations to arrest alleged members of the terror group in Turkey.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.

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