Turkey strikes PKK in Iraq as police bus is bombed

Turkish warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes on Kurdish PKK rebel bases in northern Iraq after its security forces came under attack in eastern Turkey. Dozens of jets were said to be involved in the raids hours after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pledged to “wipe out” rebel strongholds. PKK bombs killed at least […]

Turkish warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes on Kurdish PKK rebel bases in northern Iraq after its security forces came under attack in eastern Turkey.
Dozens of jets were said to be involved in the raids hours after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pledged to “wipe out” rebel strongholds.
PKK bombs killed at least 16 Turkish soldiers on Sunday, the army said.
A further attack on a police minibus on Tuesday claimed 14 lives.
PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) rebels targeted the vehicle as it was heading towards a border post close to the Azerbaijan-run enclave of Nakhchivan, reports said.
Hours later, a policeman was shot dead when suspected PKK militants opened fire on his car in the eastern state of Kunceli, reports said.
The surge in violence follows the collapse of a ceasefire in July between the army and the PKK.
The truce, which began in 2013, unravelled after a suicide bombing by suspected Islamic State militants near the border with Syria led to mutual recriminations between Kurdish groups and Turkey.