Turkish Warplanes Pound Kurdish Militants in Southeast

Turkish Warplanes Pound Kurdish Militants in Southeast

Turkish jets on Tuesday hit Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey after the group fired on security forces, the army said.

"Two F-16 jets carried out air strikes at 1510 local time (1210 GMT) against the terrorist group" in a mountainous region bordering Iraq, the army said in a statement, referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).