Turkish warplanes attacked nearly three dozen targets of a Kurdish militant organization in northern Iraq and Syria, Ankara's ministry of defense said late Wednesday.

One of the main drivers of Turkey’s defence industry became the target of a deadly attack on Wednesday afternoon. The assault on state-run Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) has killed at least five and injured 22.

Turkey's air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in an apparent retaliation for an attack at a key state-run defense company that killed five people and wounded more than 20 others.