Turkey Launches Strikes on Kurdish Militant Targets in Retaliation for Ankara Attack
TL;DR
Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq following a suicide attack on a government building in Ankara. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the bombing, and Turkey's defense ministry reported that 20 PKK targets were destroyed in the airstrikes. The attack occurred as Turkey's Parliament reopened after its summer recess, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue the fight against terrorism. Turkey has conducted cross-border offensives against the PKK in northern Iraq and views the Kurdish militia group YPG as an extension of the PKK.
- Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara ABC News
- Attackers set off bomb at Turkish government building Reuters
- After Ankara attack, Erodgan vows 'terrorists' will never achieve their goals The Times of Israel
- Alert: An explosion has been heard in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkish media report San Francisco Chronicle
- Turkish military destroys 20 targets of Kurdish militant group PKK, ministry says Reuters
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