Turkish strike kills at least 9 Iraqi tourists in northern resort

BAGHDAD — At least nine Iraqis were killed Wednesday in the country’s northern Kurdistan region after Turkish artillery strikes hit a crowded tourist resort, officials said.

When the shelling began, screams filled the air beneath a canopy of vines. Parents grabbed their children and ran.

Turkey has been conducting military operations against Kurdish separatists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq’s northern mountains

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