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Turkish air force strikes Kurds in Iraq
Turkish air force strikes Kurds in Iraq
The Turkish air force struck 12 Kurdish rebel group PKK targets in northern Iraq's Qandil region on Sunday. The group, considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and the US, uses the region as a base.

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ANKARA - Turkey's military said on Sunday its fighter jets hit 12 Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq's Qandil region in an operation that started at midnight.

 

The army general staff said in a statement on its website that all the planes had returned safely to their bases and that it was working to confirm "terrorist casualties."

 

The PKK uses northern Iraq as a base to stage attacks on Turkish territory. Turkey blames the PKK, which is fighting for an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey, for the deaths of 40,000 people.

 

The group is regarded as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.

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