Turkey launches major attack on Kurdish militants in Iraq

Ground and air operation targets 150 suspected PKK positions, Ankara says

Turkey has launched launched a major joint air and ground operation against Kurdish militants over the border in northern Iraq, a move that suggests Ankara is growing bolder in its campaign against the decades-old Kurdish insurgency.

Special forces were airlifted and deployed overland to the border region of Haftanin in the early hours of Wednesday for Operation Claw-Tiger. The campaign targeted 150 suspected Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) positions and was supported by jets, helicopters, drones and artillery, the Turkish defence ministry said.