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Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on PKK sites in northern Syria after Ankara warned it would hit the organization's positions in retaliation for a suicide attack in Ankara last week.
Turkey has launched strikes against PKK targets in Iraq and Syria following a suicide attack outside the Interior Ministry building in the Turkish capital on October 1. The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack in which one attacker blew himself up and another would-be bomber was killed in a shootout with police. Two policemen were injured.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the two attackers had arrived from Syria, where they had been trained. The minister said that the positions of the PKK and YPG in Iraq and Syria have already become legitimate targets. He also added that the air operation in Syria was aimed at securing Turkey's borders from threats from the PKK and YPG. Separately, the ministry said Turkey had responded to an attack by militants on a Turkish base in the Dabik region late on October 5 by neutralizing 26 militants. The Turkish military and officials use the term "neutralize" to mean that the terrorists in question surrendered, were killed or captured.
In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the EU, has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. Meanwhile, Ankara's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued a detention order for 23 suspects, accusing them of "propaganda for a terrorist organization" in connection with social media posts related to the latest suicide bombing.
In a parallel development, the government has submitted to the parliamentary presidency a draft law on cross-border operations. The bill aims to extend the Turkish military's mandate in Iraq and Syria for another two years, starting on October 30. The move aims to address "the ongoing challenges posed by terrorist organizations, particularly the PKK and ISIL, which operate in adjacent areas in Syria." In a memorandum sent by the presidency, it was emphasized that the extension of the Turkish military presence in Iraq and Syria is essential for "the elimination of future attacks on our country by all terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria."
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