Turkey Says Kurdish PKK Members Attack Base in Northern Iraq
A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle in Northern Iraq.
Photographer: Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images
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Turkey scrambled warplanes and armed drones after an attack on one of its army bases in northern Iraq it said was carried out by separatist Kurdish militants disguised as civilians.
The attack took place near the city of Duhok and resulted in some damage to military vehicles but no casualties, Fahrettin Altun, communications director for the Turkish presidency, told Bloomberg in a written statement on Saturday.