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             Turkish Warplanes Strike PKK Targets in Northern Iraq

   by VOA News

   The Turkish military says its warplanes have carried out airstrikes on
   Kurdish rebel positions along the border in northern Iraq.

   The airstrikes, which took place late Wednesday, struck 11 targets,
   including ammunition deports, bunkers and shelters, belonging to the
   Kurdistan's Workers' Party or PKK. The attacks took place in Iraq's
   Hakkurk, Haftanin and Avasin-Basyan regions.

   The military said 26 PKK fighters were killed during shellings Tuesday
   in Turkey's southeast.

   Turkey said more than a thousand militants have been killed in the
   largely Kurdish southeast since the PKK cease-fire collapsed in July

   President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said more than 300 members of the
   security forces have died, while the pro-Kurdish opposition says
   hundreds of civilians have also been killed.

   The PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United
   States and European Union.

   Some material for this report came from AP.
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