Iraqi air defense units intercept and shoot down a Turkish drone flying in the skies over the country’s northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

Turkey's foreign minister says all groups and facilities in Iraq and Syria affiliated to the PKK are “legitimate targets.”

Thousands have been killed during the three-decade conflict between Turkey and the autonomy-seeking militant group.

The Turkish president says Brussels should clear the way for Turkey's accession to the EU before Ankara approves Sweden's NATO membership.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that a meeting with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad is a possibility, suggesting that the two sides are close to mending fences after 11 years.

The Turkish military heavily bombards several villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in a fresh round of airstrikes targeting purported PKK positions.

Turkish fighter jets heavily bombard villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, with no immediate reports about the exact number of casualties.