ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkish military skirmished in the northern mountains of the Kurdistan Region on Saturday, resulting in fatalities to Turkish soldiers.
"During fighting in the operation in northern Iraq on 16 March 2019 two of our brave soldiers were martyred and eight of theirs injured in the same operation,” read a statement from the Turkish Ministry of Defense released by state-media Anadolu Agency.
Ankara added in the operation six members of the PKK were killed including one female.
According to media close to the PKK, the fighting took place in the areas between Chyadel and Bradost. Roj News added the Turkish Army was picking their victims via helicopter.
The PKK did not immediately publish a statement on the fighting.
Turkey regularly conducts are strikes on its border with the Kurdistan Region. It has vowed to push deeper into the Kurdistan Region with a ground offensive.
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