News - Middle East: Turkish fighter jets have bombarded several border villages in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, as Ankara is engaged in an ongoing military operation against purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the rugged mountainous areas.

A local source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Maalomah news agency that the Turkish warplanes struck villages located on the slopes of Mount Matin in the Amadiya district of Duhok province on Monday.

The source added that the airstrikes caused serious damage to houses in the targeted areas, noting that the exact number of casualties as a result of the aerial attacks remains unknown.

He went on note that Turkish military aircraft continue to fly overhead after the raids.

The development came a day after Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units – better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi – reported that a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle had crashed on the outskirts of Qaladze town, situated north of Sulaymaniyah city, in Kurdistan region.