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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Kurds claim attacks as Turkey strikes back
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claims responsibility for Monday’s bombing of an Istanbul police station, Reuters reports. Four people were killed in the attack, one of several carried out in recent days.
Turkish warplanes Tuesday carried out a new wave of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in the southeast of the country in retaliation for a day of bloody attacks that left six members of the security forces dead.
The military bombed 17 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern Hakkari province, destroying them all, the army said in a statement.
The new wave of strikes carried out overnight came after one of the bloodiest days of attacks in the country since Turkey launched a relentless bombing campaign against PKK targets late last month.
— AFP contributed
The Times of Israel Community.