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Turkish jets hit PKK targets on Iraqi border

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkish security forces have further intensified their fight against terror after militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) killed eight soldiers in Siirt province in southeastern Turkey early Wednesday, local Sabah daily reported.

Turkish F-16 warplanes bombarded the PKK camps in the Karacali area in northern Iraq near the Turkish-Iraqi border for one hour, according to the report.

The fighters, which took off from Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey, targeted PKK shelters along the border, the report said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed last Tuesday to continue military operations against the PKK until its disarmament.

"We will persevere in our struggle until they lay down and bury their arms, and until the last terrorist leaves the country," Erdogan said.

Tensions between Turkish security forces and the PKK are increasing after an Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing on July 20 killed 32 people and injured 104 others in the town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province bordering Syria.

The Turkish authority has said that security forces had detained over 1,300 individuals with suspected ties to the IS, the PKK and leftist groups, while the military unleashed several rounds of air strikes on PKK posts in northern Iraq. Endit