Turkey retaliated with artillery strikes on a Syrian border town after a Syrian army mortar killed two women and three children yesterday inside Turkish territory. The Turkish parliament approved military action beyond Turkish borders. Damascus apologized for the incident. World leaders are seeking to prevent escalation of hostilities between Turkey and Syria.
Security forces killed 12 militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in gunbattles following the militants’ failed attempt to storm a military post in Hakkari province. Suspected PKK fighters attacked a military convoy; no injuries were reported.
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Turkish troops and aircraft continued their offensive for a second day against Kurdistan Workers Party militants near the border with Iraq and Syria. Eighteen militants and one soldier have been killed in the operation. Turkish aircraft also bombed areas in the Kurdistan region inside Iraq.
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Turkish fighter jets and helicopters, along with about 2,000 ground forces, attacked positions held by the Kurdistan Workers Party near the border with Iraq and Syria. The aircraft bombed suspected militant targets on Kato mountain in Sirnak province.