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Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish rebels after Ankara bomb attack

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish rebels after Ankara bomb attack

Ankara, Oct 2, Turkish forces carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the country's Defence Ministry has said. The Turkish airstrikes targeted the PKK bases in Gara, Hakurk, Metina and Qandil, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement issued by the ministry on Sunday evening. The military campaign came after two attackers attempted a bomb attack in front of the Turkish Interior Ministry's building in the capital Ankara on Sunday morning, which slightly injured two police officers. One attacker died after he set off the suicide bomb, while the other…
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