Turkey launches anti-terror operation near the border with Armenia

Turkey launched anti-terror operation against PKK in the country’s northeast, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday in a statement, according to Anadolu news agency report.

Some 75 teams comprising 1,125 personnel are taking part in the Operation Kiran-4 which launched in Sept. 24, in northeastern Kars, Igdir provinces, which are bordering with Armenia.

As a part of previous series of Kiran operations the security forces neutralized 48 terrorists, destroyed 58 caves and seized large quantities of ammunition so far.