Turkish Jets 'Bomb Kurdish Rebel Targets in Iraq'

Turkish warplanes bombed areas of north Iraq in a bid to target rear bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) overnight into Thursday, a spokesman for the rebel group said, AFP informed. "Turkish warplanes struck around midnight against several areas in the Kurdish Iraqi area," Haval Roz told AFP.

"Four warplanes took part, and did not cause any casualties but damaged farms and orchards," he said. "It started at 11:30 pm (2030 GMT) and continued until 12:10 am." (...)