Turkey Air Strikes

Ten fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air strikes on northern Iraq suspected to have been launched by Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Thursday.

An attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed more than 100 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming "terrorist organisations" for the drone strike in government-held Homs.

Turkey hit several places inside Iraqi Kurdistan with air strikes on Sunday, a local official said, Ankara confirming it had struck "20 targets" it claimed were used by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters.

Russia Tuesday said it hoped Turkey would exercise "restraint" and refrain from "any excessive use of force" in Syria, where Ankara has carried out air strikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive against Kurdish fighters.

Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq and northern Syria.

Turkish air strikes on Syria border posts run by regime forces killed 17 fighters on Tuesday, according to a war monitor, prompting the Damascus government to threaten retaliation.

Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against US President Donald Trump.

Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.

Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.

Turkish air strikes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, Ankara's defence ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said on Twitter that "nine terrorists were neutralised" in air strikes in the Hakurk and Hafta regions.

The government briefed the representatives of 12 nations about the pre-dawn air strikes on Jaish-e Mohammad camps located across the Line of Control which were conducted by the Indian Air Force this morning. Diplomats from the US, UK, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey and six ASEAN nations are in a meeting with Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhle.

Turkish air strikes killed 26 terrorists and destroyed their gun positions, shelters and ammunition stores in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq this week, Turkey's armed forces said on Tuesday.

Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria today and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State.

A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.

Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.

Ten fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air strikes on northern Iraq suspected to have been launched by Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Thursday.

An attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed more than 100 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming "terrorist organisations" for the drone strike in government-held Homs.

Turkey hit several places inside Iraqi Kurdistan with air strikes on Sunday, a local official said, Ankara confirming it had struck "20 targets" it claimed were used by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters.

Russia Tuesday said it hoped Turkey would exercise "restraint" and refrain from "any excessive use of force" in Syria, where Ankara has carried out air strikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive against Kurdish fighters.

Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq and northern Syria.

Turkish air strikes on Syria border posts run by regime forces killed 17 fighters on Tuesday, according to a war monitor, prompting the Damascus government to threaten retaliation.

Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against US President Donald Trump.

Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.

Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.

Turkish air strikes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, Ankara's defence ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said on Twitter that "nine terrorists were neutralised" in air strikes in the Hakurk and Hafta regions.

The government briefed the representatives of 12 nations about the pre-dawn air strikes on Jaish-e Mohammad camps located across the Line of Control which were conducted by the Indian Air Force this morning. Diplomats from the US, UK, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey and six ASEAN nations are in a meeting with Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhle.

Turkish air strikes killed 26 terrorists and destroyed their gun positions, shelters and ammunition stores in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq this week, Turkey's armed forces said on Tuesday.

Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria today and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State.

A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.

Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.