Officials and media reports say two female journalists were killed in a Turkish airstrike that hit their car in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
IRBIL, Iraq — Two female journalists were killed in a Turkish airstrike that hit their car in northern Iraq ’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, local officials and media said Friday.
Qubad Talabani, deputy prime minister of the regional government in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, condemned the strike. There was no immediate statement from Turkish officials. Earlier Friday the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement that its forces had “neutralized” 16 PKK members in other parts of northern Iraq.
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