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Öcalan had a family visit for the first time in over four years amid renewed peace process discussions.

The raids follow an attempted rally in Diyarbakır demanding the lifting of the confinement of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

A recent memorandum of understanding between Ankara and Baghdad paves the way for such an action, the officer claimed.

Kurdish media outlets named two journalists killed in the strike while earlier reports from the Iraqi media suggested that a senior PKK member was targeted. A KRG official has condemned the incident as Ankara remains silent.

The Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has released a report detailing Turkey's ongoing military operations in Iraq's north.

A pro-government newspaper reports that Sulaymaniyah International Airport has turned into a “logistics center” for the PKK and Turkey will strike the airport if such activities continue.

"You subjected the Kurds to genocide, threw them into acid wells, but you couldn't finish them. The mentality that said 'The dream of Kurdistan is captivated here' has seen its dreams shattered," said DEM Deputy Hüseyin Olan.

Anadolu Agency reported the killing as part of Turkey’s retaliation to the recent PKK attacks targeting Turkey’s bases in Iraqi Kurdistan, which resulted in the killing of 21 soldiers over the past three weeks.