ANKARA, Dec 23: Turkey’s military said it attacked Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq on Saturday for the third time in less than a week, bombing and shelling positions and warning more will follow.

“Turkish aircraft attacked between 1:35 pm and 2:00 pm (1125-1200 GMT) major positions of the terrorist organisation” PKK, before Turkish artillery shelled the area for 15 minutes, the military said in a statement on its website.

It gave no details on targets, saying more information would be given next week and that it would carry out more operations despite harsh winter conditions in the mountainous region.

The Turkish television channel NTV said the raids were in the Amadiyah area of northern Iraq.

“It will become well understood how effective the operations against the terrorist operations are,” the military’s statement said. The PKK “no longer has a chance of success” against the Turkish army.

Actions over recent weeks had left “hundreds of terrorists” dead, it added.—AFP