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Turkey Targets PKK as Parliament Holds Emergency Session
Turkish jets hit (AFP) Kurdish PKK positions in northern Iraq on Wednesday as parliament holds an emergency session on Turkey’s new campaign against militants of the Islamic State and Kurdish rebels. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government condemned (Rudaw) Turkey’s aerial campaign and called on Ankara to respect Iraq’s sovereignty.CFR’s Steven Cook says Turkey’s offer of U.S. access to an airbase in exchange for a safe zone in Syria has more to do with containing the Kurds than fighting the Islamic State, in this blog post. More. www.mesop.de