But two other Kurdish groups, which the United States is assisting in the fight against ISIS, said the strikes killed more than 20 of their fighters. The Iraqi Cabinet condemned the Turkish airstrikes in the Sinjar area, saying they were a serious violation of Iraq's sovereignty, according to a statement from the Iraqi Prime Minister's media office. A YPG fighter surveys the site of Turkish airstrikes Tuesday in northeastern Syria near Turkey. The YPG is a key component of the Syrian Democratic Forces -- backed by the United States in the fight against ISIS in Syria. Tuesday's airstrikes were not the first time that Turkish warplanes have targeted PKK positions in Iraq and Syria.

Source: CNN April 25, 2017 16:07 UTC