Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Turkey - Kurd War Intensifies



Reuters: Turkish air strikes hit 17 Kurdish militant targets, military says

The Turkish military ratcheted up pressure on Kurdish militants with a fresh round of air strikes in the southeast of the country on Tuesday as the insurgents claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police station in Istanbul.

Warplanes pounded 17 targets in the province of Hakkari on Monday and Tuesday, the military said, part of a renewed crackdown on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy.

NATO member Turkey started what it called a "synchronized war on terror" last month, attacking PKK fighters in northern Iraq and, less frequently, Islamic State militants in northern Syria.

More News On The Turkish - Kurdish War

Turkey air strikes: PKK targeted by air force jets -- BBC
Military hits PKK bases as violence continues -- Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey Airstrikes Target Kurdish Militants -- VOA
Turkish warplanes hit PKK rebels in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast -- Rudaw
7 PKK rebels killed in military operation in eastern Turkey -- Xinhuanet
Kurdish Militants Claim Deadly Attack on Turkish Police Station -- WSJ
Erdoğan’s ‘election war’ -- Alev Scott, Politico
A New Cycle Begins in Turkey-PKK Conflict -- International crisis Group
Erdogan vows to continue offensive until PKK's end -- Al Jazeera

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