{"id":128479,"date":"2018-06-23T01:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T23:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=128479"},"modified":"2018-06-23T02:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T00:37:47","slug":"turkish-air-strikes-kill-15-kurdish-militants-in-northern-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=128479","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Turkish air strikes kill 15 Kurdish militants<\/h1>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">in northern Iraq<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The Turkish military said it carried out air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday, killing 15 Kurdish militants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The strikes were carried out on the Gara region, the military said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Turkey has recently stepped up strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq, especially its stronghold in the Qandil mountains.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ankara has warned it might launch a ground offensive into Qandil, where high-ranking PKK members are believed to be based.President Tayyip Erdogan, who faces tough elections on Sunday, has vowed to \u201cdrain the terror swamp\u201d there.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More than 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK launched its insurgency in Turkey in 1984. 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