Arbil - Iranian and Turkish forces on Thursday shelled two northern Iraqi border cities in the Kurdish autonomous region, official Kurdish sources reported. Targeted in the attack were the bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has been fighting the Turkish government and the Party for Freedom and Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) from Iran, the sources said.
Kurdish villages in the northern province of Arbil were bombed in the morning by Turkish forces, starting fires on agricultural lands and houses in two villages, an official source from the Kurdish Pershmerga said, without providing details of casualties.
Similarly, an intense Iranian strike in the province of Sulaimaniya caused terror among residents of a number of villages as well as significant property damage, local officials said.
No details were made available.
