ANKARA (SW): Turkish fighter jets have conducted airstrikes on terrorist group Daesh in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK in Iraq, Turkish state-owned news agency Anadolu reported early Saturday.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a late-hour high-level meeting — attended by ministers and security chiefs — on the campaign against the terrorist groups.
The Prime Ministry statement said the operation targeted PKK camps, shelters, caves and logistics points located in the mountainous northern Iraq region.
It said the land forces simultaneously hit PKK and Daesh targets with artillery deployed near the Turkish border.
After a new wave of operations in Istanbul Saturday morning, Turkish security forces have now carried out raids in 22 provinces and detained 320 members of terrorist groups on Friday and early Saturday, the statement added.
Turkey was “determined to take every step to ensure the peace and security of our people”, it said.
The Ministry also noted that Ankara was in contact with its international allies, including NATO and the United Nations, and informed them about the military operation.
On Friday morning, Turkish F-16 fighter jets had hit three Daesh targets in Syria. The jets carried out the operation “without violating the Syrian airspace”, the Prime Ministry said in a statement.
Turkey has stepped up efforts against Daesh since a suicide attack on Monday allegedly carried out by the group killed 32 people in southeastern Sanliurfa province.
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