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| Turkey 'kills 150 Kurdish rebels' | Turkey 'kills 150 Kurdish rebels' |
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| Turkish air strikes in northern Iraq this week left more than 150 Kurdish rebels dead, the Turkish army says. | Turkish air strikes in northern Iraq this week left more than 150 Kurdish rebels dead, the Turkish army says. |
| "According to initial estimates, this operation allowed us to neutralise more than 150 terrorists," the army said in a statement on its website. | "According to initial estimates, this operation allowed us to neutralise more than 150 terrorists," the army said in a statement on its website. |
| Several senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commanders may have been killed, it said. There is no confirmation. | Several senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commanders may have been killed, it said. There is no confirmation. |
| Turkey has staged several cross-border raids into northern Iraq over the past few months in pursuit of the rebels. | Turkey has staged several cross-border raids into northern Iraq over the past few months in pursuit of the rebels. |
| The strikes, which began on Thursday and ended on Friday, were carried out against PKK guerrillas based in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq, the Turkish army says. | |
| All targeted posts in Qandil area were destroyed during the operation, according to the Turkish army's statement. | |
| The Turkish parliament authorised cross-border operations against the PKK late last year. | |
| It has accused Iraq of failing to stop the PKK - who are fighting for greater autonomy in south-eastern Turkey - from using its northern areas as a safe haven. | |
| In February, Ankara launched a week-long ground offensive in northern Iraq which, it said, targeted bases used by up to 3,000 Kurdish rebels as a spring-board for attacks across the border. | |
| The PKK is branded a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and EU. | |
| More than 30,000 people have been killed since it began its armed campaign in 1984. |