PKK attacks Turkish military base in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

May 14, 2020

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) reportedly attacked a Turkish military base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq today.

The PKK attacked the Turkish base in Kani Masi, a mixed Assyrian-Kurdish area in Dahuk province near the Turkish border. Clashes ensued for an hour and the area lost electricity due to the fighting, the Iraqi Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported, citing a local official.

Turkey had not released a statement on the incident by the time of publication, but said the day before that its airstrikes had “neutralized” four PKK members in the Khakurk and Metina areas in Dahuk. 

Turkish state media also reported a PKK attack that killed two aid workers in a vehicle in Turkey’s southeastern province of Van today.

The PKK has fought Turkey for greater Kurdish autonomy for decades. Turkey, as well as the United States, regards the PKK as a terrorist group.