The Turkish General Staff announced Friday Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have launched a cross-border ground operation into northern of Iraq against the PKK targets."Long-range weapons and Turkish Air Forces jets pounded targets between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on February 21 to neutralize members of the terrorist organization PKK/ KONGRA-GEL stationed in north of Iraq and to destroy organizational infrastructure in the region," a statement of the General Staff said.
According the statement, TSK launched a cross-border ground operation into north of Iraq as of 7 p.m. on Thursday following this successful artillery bombardment.
The ground operation is being supported by Turkish Air Forces jets, the General Staff said.
"Turkish Armed Forces, which paid significant attention to Iraq's territorial integrity and stability, will return to Turkey after it achieves the planned goals," the General Staff also said.
Meanwhile on Friday Turkish jets were seen taking off from a military airport in southeastern province of Diyarbakir and heading to the Turkish-Iraqi border.In a related development troops were deployed along Turkey's border with Iraq to prevent terrorists from infiltrating into Turkey.
Also, jets and helicopters were seen flying across the border on reconnaissance missions.
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