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| August 2011 Turkey-Iraq cross-border raid | |||||
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| Part of Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| File:Emblem of TuAF.svg Turkish Air Force |
 PKK | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 2,500[1] | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 8 soldiers | 100 Kurdish rebels, unknown civilian casualties | ||||
On August 17th 2011, the Turkish Armed Forces launched multiple raids against Kurdish rebels, striking 132 targets.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/20/idINIndia-58881520110820 Turkey strikes Kurd rebels in Iraq for third night
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/us-turkey-iraq-military-idUSTRE77M1SY20110823 Turkey says 90-100 Kurd rebels killed in north Iraq raids