<p>Istanbul: Turkey's military conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria on Sunday and destroyed 24 Kurdish militant targets, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement, adding many militants had been "neutralised" in the attack.</p><p>The term "neutralised" when used in such expressions most often means "killed".</p><p>The operations were conducted in northern Syria and Metina, Hakurk, Gara, Asos and Qandil regions of northern Iraq at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT), the ministry said.</p><p>In a statement on social messaging platform X, the ministry said the targets included caves, shelters, bunkers, depots and natural gas production facilities.</p>.Hezbollah says security of all shipping harmed after US strikes on Yemen.<p>Nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash on Friday with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).</p><p>Turkish forces have been carrying out a cross-border operation called "Claw-Lock" in Iraq as part of the country's offensive against PKK militants.</p><p>Turkey has also launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia, regarding it as a wing of the PKK.</p><p>The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984.</p>
<p>Istanbul: Turkey's military conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria on Sunday and destroyed 24 Kurdish militant targets, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement, adding many militants had been "neutralised" in the attack.</p><p>The term "neutralised" when used in such expressions most often means "killed".</p><p>The operations were conducted in northern Syria and Metina, Hakurk, Gara, Asos and Qandil regions of northern Iraq at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT), the ministry said.</p><p>In a statement on social messaging platform X, the ministry said the targets included caves, shelters, bunkers, depots and natural gas production facilities.</p>.Hezbollah says security of all shipping harmed after US strikes on Yemen.<p>Nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash on Friday with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).</p><p>Turkish forces have been carrying out a cross-border operation called "Claw-Lock" in Iraq as part of the country's offensive against PKK militants.</p><p>Turkey has also launched military incursions in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia, regarding it as a wing of the PKK.</p><p>The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984.</p>