Turkish warplanes pound Kurdish militants in southeast: army

Tuesday, 28 July, 2015 , 16:28

Ankara, July 28, 2015 (AFP) — 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).