Turkey bombs US-backed forces in Iraq

Published April 25, 2017 6:06pm ET



Turkish fighters bombed U.S.-backed forces in Iraq and Syria in the course of an operation targeting militants engaged in a decades-long struggle against the NATO ally, according to reports.

“[T]errorist targets have been struck with success,” the Turkish military said Tuesday. But the attack also killed Kurdish fighters who are working with the United States in the fight against ISIS.

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