ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish jets bombed bases in northern Iraq used by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a fresh campaign last week that killed as many as 160 rebels, the military said Monday.
"Based on the results of exploration and target analysis work held between August 23-24, Turkish air force jets efficiently hit targets of the separatist terror organisation in the Zap a [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - The Turkish military said Tuesday its air attacks on northern Iraq had killed between 90 and 100 Kurdish rebels and injured another 80 over the past few days as an Iraqi Kurdish leader called for an end to the raids.
The toll was the first issued by the army since it resumed a bombing campaign against bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Iraqi mou [...]
ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish aircraft bombed north Iraq on Monday, the sixth day of a bombing campaign against bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the region, a rebel spokesman said.
"Turkish aircraft targeted the Kortek, Qandil and Jabal Mattine regions from midday until 3:00 pm (1200 GMT)," Ahmed Denis told AFP, referring to areas that are respectively in the prov [...]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - (AFP) - The United Nations on Monday again delayed the release of a report on Israel's raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza because the two sides had not agreed on the document, a UN spokesman said.
The report into the May 31, 2010 raid in which nine Turkish activists were killed was to have been handed over to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday.
But UN dep [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish planes carried out two raids in Iraq on Friday and bombarded 85 Kurdish rebel targets, the army announced Saturday, without giving any possible casualty figures.
Turkey resumed its bombing of positions held by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Iraq mountains after a break of more than a year following an attack on Wednesday in southeast Turkey in which nine [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish jets bombed 60 targets in northern Iraq used as bases by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following an ambush by the rebel group that killed nine troops, the military said Thursday.
A PKK spokesman, reporting no casualties, said the air strikes in northern Iraq, the first since late 2010, carried on through Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Turkey's air for [...]
ISTANBUL (AFP) - (AFP) - An attack on a pipeline in eastern Turkey cut off Iranian gas shipments to Turkey overnight and it may take up to a week before they resume, the energy ministry said Friday.
"Work continues to put out the fire," the governor's office in Agri province said in a statement quoted by Anatolia news agency.
"It has been established that the incident was caused by a terrorist [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iranian forces have killed three Kurdish rebels, including a Turkish national, they say were behind the bombing of a pipeline carrying Iranian gas to Turkey, media reports said on Monday.
"After Friday's explosion, law enforcement and security forces mobilised and this morning three people behind the blast were killed and four wounded," the ISNA news agency quoted the gov [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - The flow of Iranian gas is to resume to neighbouring Turkey on Saturday a day after a pipeline explosion, a spokesman for the national gas company was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying.
"This pipeline is going through the final stages of repair and the flow of gas will resume on Saturday at noon," the National Iranian Gas Co's (NIGC) Majid Boujarzadeh said.
"Offic [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - A bombing of a pipeline carrying gas from Iran to Turkey early Friday was carried out by "mercenaries" in the pay of Israel and the United States, and forced a cut in supply, Iranian officials said.
"The export of gas to Turkey has been temporarily halted after an explosion struck the pipeline" in northwestern Iran, spokesman for the National Iranian Gas Co (NIGC) Majid B [...]
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