The General Staff announced that yesterday (July 29) a large cave with 30-40 Kurdish Workers Party members was hit in Kandil region in Northern Iraq. A Kurdish village Bokristan is evacuated. The water project in the village is destroyed.
The General Staff announced that yesterday a large cave was hit in Kandil region in Northern Iraq. The authorities think that there were 30-40 Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) members in the cave.
According to Fırat News Agency, right after Turkish forces hit Kandil, Iranian forces started firing into the Federal Kurdish Region as well.
According to the information gathered from the local sources, after the morning bombardment from Turkey came the Iranian bombardment in the afternoon.
Iranian bombardment hit Kani xumari, Xınere, Kenda Kola and Martyr Şerif areas of Sideka town in Federal Kurdish Region in Northern Iraq.
Bokriskan village which was the target of the Turkish bombardment was completely evacuated.
The local sources reported that six Turkish fighter planes hit Lewce, Inzo and Bkriskan villages, the Balekan Valley and Geliye Bedran in the outskirts of Kandil in Sidekan district in the northern Iraq.
According to Gündem, the village of Bokristan, the target of the Turkish bombardment, was completely evacuated.
The reporters stated that many animals were killed and the Bokristan water project was destroyed. The villagers were taken to Çoman and Ranya.
The General Staff announced previously that 12 PKK targets were hit in the Kandil region of the northern Iraq on July 27 and 13 on July 23. (NZ/EZÖ)

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