October 12, 2013



DIYARBAKIR, Turkey's Kurdish region,— Five Turkish F-16 fighter jets were scrambled across the border into Iraq's Kurdistan region two days ago to monitor the Kurdish PKK militants who were reportedly and according to Turkish intelligence received reports, are moving towards Turkish territory, world bulletin reported.



They scoured the area for two hours, flying over Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK camps in Qandil, Zap and Metina, collecting information before returning. There has been increasing activity around the camps for the past few days.



According to Turkish intelligence, some factions within the PKK are attempting to re-enter Turkey after the group agreed to withdraw into Iraq's Kurdistan region (Southern Kurdistan) in April.



Meanwhile and according to Firat news agency, thousands of Turkish soldiers from the 48th infantry brigade in Şırnak's Sêgirk (Şenoba) town have been deployed on Iraqi Kurdistan border on Friday,



Turkish military units (Gendarmerie) have recently withdrawn from the Iraq's Kurdistan border after the transfer of the “border protection” authority from the general commandership of gendarmerie to the land forces command.





