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Turkey launches air strikes on Kurdish militants Turkey launches air strikes on Kurdish militants
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Turkey has launched a series of overnight air strikes against Kurdish militants, aimed at 17 targets in the south-east, the army says.Turkey has launched a series of overnight air strikes against Kurdish militants, aimed at 17 targets in the south-east, the army says.
The targets were in Hakkari province on the border with Iran and Iraq.The targets were in Hakkari province on the border with Iran and Iraq.
Turkey has seen increasing violence in recent weeks between the military and Kurdish separatists from the PKK.Turkey has seen increasing violence in recent weeks between the military and Kurdish separatists from the PKK.
The strikes come a day after nine people were killed in a wave of attacks on security forces, some of them in the south-east.The strikes come a day after nine people were killed in a wave of attacks on security forces, some of them in the south-east.
Some of Monday's attacks were blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
A ceasefire in the long-running conflict with the group appeared to disintegrate in July, when Turkey began bombing PKK camps in northern Iraq, at the same time as launching air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.A ceasefire in the long-running conflict with the group appeared to disintegrate in July, when Turkey began bombing PKK camps in northern Iraq, at the same time as launching air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.
Explainer: Turkey v Islamic State v the Kurds
Who are the PKK?
Turkey has for the last couple of weeks hit targets of the PKK in its strongholds in the remote mountains of northern Iraq and south-eastern Turkey.
Kurdish fighters, some from the PKK, have secured significant victories against IS in Syria and Iraq.Kurdish fighters, some from the PKK, have secured significant victories against IS in Syria and Iraq.
But the PKK accuses Turkey of using its campaign against IS as cover for taking on the separatists - something the government denies.But the PKK accuses Turkey of using its campaign against IS as cover for taking on the separatists - something the government denies.
Turkey, like a number of Western countries, considers the PKK a terrorist organisation.Turkey, like a number of Western countries, considers the PKK a terrorist organisation.