Turkey strikes PKK targets in Iraq and Syria after deadly Ankara attack

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s defense ministry says its forces struck sites linked to the Kurdish militant group PKK in Iraq and Syria, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed five people.

“An air operation was carried out against terrorist targets in the north of Iraq and Syria… and a total of 32 targets belonging to the terrorists were successfully destroyed,” the ministry says in a statement, adding that operations are continuing.

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