The destroyed targets included caves, shelters, and caches used by terrorists, said the ministry, noting that some of these locations were deemed to be housing senior terrorists.
Significant number of terrorists were "neutralised" during the operations, using domestically produced ammunition to the maximum extent, says Turkish Defence Ministry. / Photo: AA Archive
"In order to neutralise the PKK/KCK and other terrorist elements and to thwart terrorist attacks against our people and security forces from northern Iraq while ensuring our border security, air operations were conducted on terrorist targets in the Gara region of northern Iraq on Sept. 13-15," the Turkish National Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
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