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| Turkey launches air strikes on Kurdish positions after Ankara bombing | Turkey launches air strikes on Kurdish positions after Ankara bombing |
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| Turkey has launched overnight air strikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq after a car bomb in Ankara killed at least 28 people. | Turkey has launched overnight air strikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq after a car bomb in Ankara killed at least 28 people. |
| Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's Prime Minister, has announced a member of the Kurdish YPG militia group based in Syria were responsible for the rush hour attack. | Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's Prime Minister, has announced a member of the Kurdish YPG militia group based in Syria were responsible for the rush hour attack. |
| He named the bomber as Salih Necar, a Syrian national and member of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). | He named the bomber as Salih Necar, a Syrian national and member of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). |
| Mr Davutoglu said he Necar had operated in Turkey with logistical support from the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey, BBC reports. | Mr Davutoglu said he Necar had operated in Turkey with logistical support from the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey, BBC reports. |
| He said: "A direct link between the attack and the YPG has been established." | He said: "A direct link between the attack and the YPG has been established." |
| While Turkey considers the YPG a terrorsit organisation, the United States currently backs the group in its fight againt Isis. | While Turkey considers the YPG a terrorsit organisation, the United States currently backs the group in its fight againt Isis. |
| These latest Turkish air strikes are believed to have killed some senior PKK fighters. | These latest Turkish air strikes are believed to have killed some senior PKK fighters. |
| In a statement a few hours after the blast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion. | In a statement a few hours after the blast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion. |
| "Our determination to retaliate to these attacks, in Turkey and abroad, which aim at our unity, togetherness and future, is increasing with such actions." | "Our determination to retaliate to these attacks, in Turkey and abroad, which aim at our unity, togetherness and future, is increasing with such actions." |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which took place near the parliament and military headquarters. | No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which took place near the parliament and military headquarters. |
| The co-leader of the PKK umbrella group, Cemil Bayik, said he did not know who was responsible but the attack could be a response to "massacres in Kurdistan", referring to the Kurdish region covering parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. | The co-leader of the PKK umbrella group, Cemil Bayik, said he did not know who was responsible but the attack could be a response to "massacres in Kurdistan", referring to the Kurdish region covering parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. |
| According to the Firat news agency, Bayik said:"We don't know who did this. But it could be an act of retaliation for the massacres in Kurdistan." | According to the Firat news agency, Bayik said:"We don't know who did this. But it could be an act of retaliation for the massacres in Kurdistan." |
| The PYD, a Syrian-based Kurdish group previously shelled by Turkish artillery, has denied responsibility for the the Ankara attack on Twitter | The PYD, a Syrian-based Kurdish group previously shelled by Turkish artillery, has denied responsibility for the the Ankara attack on Twitter |
| Their tweet accuses President Erdogan of blaming Kurds for the bombing as a way of distracting the Turkish people from "failed" foreign and domestic policies. |