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| Car bomb kills two Turkish soldiers in attacks blamed on Kurdish rebels | Car bomb kills two Turkish soldiers in attacks blamed on Kurdish rebels |
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| Two soldiers have been killed and four others wounded after suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb and opened fire at a police station in the eastern Turkish town of Lice. | Two soldiers have been killed and four others wounded after suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb and opened fire at a police station in the eastern Turkish town of Lice. |
| The bomb exploded late on Saturday as a vehicle carrying military police officers was travelling to intervene against Kurds who had blocked a main intersection, said the governor’s office in Diyarbakir, a mainly Kurdish province. Authorities said the military had launched an operation to capture the attackers. | The bomb exploded late on Saturday as a vehicle carrying military police officers was travelling to intervene against Kurds who had blocked a main intersection, said the governor’s office in Diyarbakir, a mainly Kurdish province. Authorities said the military had launched an operation to capture the attackers. |
| Related: Turkey sends in jets as Syria’s agony spills over every border | Related: Turkey sends in jets as Syria’s agony spills over every border |
| Assailants also attacked a police station in Diyarbakir city, sparking a gun battle, the state-run Anadolu agency reported. No one was injured in that attack. | |
| The incidents come a day after Turkey launched air strikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq, its first such strikes since a peace process with the Kurds was launched in 2012. | The incidents come a day after Turkey launched air strikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq, its first such strikes since a peace process with the Kurds was launched in 2012. |
| The Kurdish rebel group the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, has said the air strikes were likely to spell the end of a ceasefire announced in 2013. | The Kurdish rebel group the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, has said the air strikes were likely to spell the end of a ceasefire announced in 2013. |
| Turkey has simultaneously bombed Islamic State positions near its border with Syria and carried out widespread police operations against suspected Kurdish and Isis militants as well as other outlawed groups inside Turkey. Hundreds of people were detained. | Turkey has simultaneously bombed Islamic State positions near its border with Syria and carried out widespread police operations against suspected Kurdish and Isis militants as well as other outlawed groups inside Turkey. Hundreds of people were detained. |
| Tensions have been flaring with the Kurds in recent days following an Isis suicide bombing in a Turkish town near the border with Syria. Kurdish groups have blamed the government for not doing enough to prevent Isis operations. On Wednesday, the PKK claimed responsibility for the killing of two police officers in the Kurdish majority city of Sanliurfa. | Tensions have been flaring with the Kurds in recent days following an Isis suicide bombing in a Turkish town near the border with Syria. Kurdish groups have blamed the government for not doing enough to prevent Isis operations. On Wednesday, the PKK claimed responsibility for the killing of two police officers in the Kurdish majority city of Sanliurfa. |
| Late on Saturday, the White House said Turkey had the right to defend itself against attacks by Kurdish rebels. Spokesman Alistair Baskey condemned recent attacks by the PKK, which the US has designated a terrorist group, and said the PKK should renounce terrorism and resume talks with Turkey’s government. | Late on Saturday, the White House said Turkey had the right to defend itself against attacks by Kurdish rebels. Spokesman Alistair Baskey condemned recent attacks by the PKK, which the US has designated a terrorist group, and said the PKK should renounce terrorism and resume talks with Turkey’s government. |
| But Baskey also said both sides should avoid violence and pursue de-escalation. | But Baskey also said both sides should avoid violence and pursue de-escalation. |