Lakme Fashion Week In Mumbai

Lakme Fashion Week In Mumbai

Models showcase designs from Asos's collection on the runway at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, on March 29, 2025. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Photo by Indranil Aditya/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Türkiye launches air strike against Kurdish militants in N. Iraq

STORY: Türkiye launches air strike against Kurdish militants in N. Iraq DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:26 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the air operation in the Qandil and Asos regions of northern Iraq early on Friday (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye launched an air operation targeting "terrorists" in the Qandil and Asos regions of northern Iraq early on Friday, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement. The operation was carried out in the early morning to "neutralize" the terrorist elements of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and other Kurdish armed groups, said the statement. Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralized" in their statements to imply the "terrorists" in question surrendered or were killed or captured. A total of 16 caves, four shelters, and two material warehouses used by Kurdish militants were destroyed, it added. "Many terrorists were neutralized, and a heavy blow was dealt to the terrorist organizati

Türkiye says airstrikes hit 89 targets in Iraq, Syria

STORY: Türkiye says airstrikes hit 89 targets in Iraq, Syria DATELINE: Nov. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Claw-Sword" air operation STORYLINE: Türkiye launched an air operation on Sunday morning against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Türkiye has hit 89 targets since the start of Operation Claw-Sword against the YPG and the PKK, it said in a statement. The ministry added the operation covered Qandil, Asos, and Hakurk regions in northern Iraq and Ayn el-Arab, Tel Rifat, Jazira and Derik regions in northern Syria. It said several "terrorists" were killed in the military campaign, including the senior executives of the PKK and YPG, adding that Turkish warplanes have returned to their bases safely. The operation was carried out in regions used as bases to attack Türkiye, the ministry earlier said, emphasizing tha

Türkiye hits 16 PKK targets in N. Iraq: minister

STORY: Türkiye hits 16 PKK targets in N. Iraq: minister DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. file footage of Turkish army against PKK in Northern Iraq STORYLINE: A total of 16 targets have been destroyed by the Turkish armed forces in a military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Türkiye's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday. The operation destroyed caves, bunkers, shelters and command posts of the PKK in the Asos Mountain region of Iraq on Tuesday, the minister said at a press conference in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak. The targets were hit by airstrikes of the Turkish Air Force, the local NTV broadcaster reported. Türkiye respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty rights of all its neighbors, especially Iraq and Syria, Akar emphasized. "Syrians are our brothers, Iraqis are our brothers. There is no problem with that. Our problem is terrorists. We are after terrorists. This struggl