Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, two of which landed inside the facility, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A Turkish security source said the attack had caused no damage and there were no casualties in the base, without going into further detail.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
An Iraqi security source who declined to be identified said an Iraqi contractor in the base had been wounded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the early hours on the Zilkan base, which hosts Turkish troops in Ninevah province of northern Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Turkey has been carrying out operations in Iraq for decades against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has bases in the region. It is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union. read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The group launched an insurgency in southeast Turkey in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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