Turkiye strikes PKK cave near Saddam Hussein-era palace in Duhok

Shafaq News/ Turkish warplanes launched airstrikes on sites belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Duhok Province, Kurdistan Region, a security source reported on Tuesday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “One of the airstrikes targeted a cave near a palace built during Saddam Hussein’s regime in the late 1980s, on a peak of Mount Gara, overlooking the Sersang subdistrict of the Al-Amadiya district.”

“This strategically and geographically significant area is being targeted for the first time by Turkish airstrikes,” he added.

On Monday, a Turkish drone strike targeted a Toyota Land Cruiser on the main road in Kardajan village, Iraqi Kurdistan, killing four civilians—two men and two women—and injuring one other, according to the US-based Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) organization.

Additionally, Turkish artillery strikes targeted the Aqrah district in northern Duhok, resulting in the death of a man and his wife, a government source affirmed.

Notably, the PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Turkiye, the US, and the EU. It is also a banned group in Iraq.