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Turkey strikes Kurdish PKK targets in Iraq after Ankara suicide bombing

Turkish security forces cordon off an area after an explosion in Ankara, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. © Ali Unal, AP

The Turkish defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out raids on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital. 

A ministry statement said some 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the aerial operation, including caves, shelters and depots.

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