ANKARA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Turkish F-16 war jets struck the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the Turkish Armed Forces said Wednesday.
Some 20 PKK militants were killed in the operation that targeted PKK positions in Hakurk region in northern Iraq, the written statement said.
The move was the first military operation after the July 15 coup attempt, which elements of Turkish Air Forces played a major role with F-16 jets bombing state institutions in capital Ankara including the parliament.
