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| Turkey has launched fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says. | Turkey has launched fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says. |
| Fighter planes have been attacking positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), according to the army's official website. | Fighter planes have been attacking positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), according to the army's official website. |
| Turkish air strikes earlier this month were followed by an incursion involving several hundred Turkish soldiers across the border into Iraq. | Turkish air strikes earlier this month were followed by an incursion involving several hundred Turkish soldiers across the border into Iraq. |
| Turkey says the PKK is using bases in Iraq to launch attacks on Turkey. | Turkey says the PKK is using bases in Iraq to launch attacks on Turkey. |
| Operations continue | Operations continue |
| MOUNTING BORDER TENSION 7 Oct PKK rebels kill 13 Turkish troops near Iraqi border17 Oct - Turkish MPs allow military operations in Iraq21 Oct - 12 Turkish troops die in PKK ambush near Iraqi border 30 Nov - Turkish cabinet backs PKK pursuits in Iraq 13 Nov - Turkey shells PKK targets in Iraq, Baghdad says1 Dec - Turkish army targets rebels in Iraq, inflicting "heavy losses"16 Dec - Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the first time18 Dec - Some 300 Turkish troops cross over into northern Iraq22 Dec - Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the second time | MOUNTING BORDER TENSION 7 Oct PKK rebels kill 13 Turkish troops near Iraqi border17 Oct - Turkish MPs allow military operations in Iraq21 Oct - 12 Turkish troops die in PKK ambush near Iraqi border 30 Nov - Turkish cabinet backs PKK pursuits in Iraq 13 Nov - Turkey shells PKK targets in Iraq, Baghdad says1 Dec - Turkish army targets rebels in Iraq, inflicting "heavy losses"16 Dec - Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the first time18 Dec - Some 300 Turkish troops cross over into northern Iraq22 Dec - Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in Iraq for the second time |
| The bombing lasted for half an hour and was followed by shelling from inside the Turkish border, army officials said. | The bombing lasted for half an hour and was followed by shelling from inside the Turkish border, army officials said. |
| Officials did not disclose the location of the raids, although Iraqi Kurdish authorities said the al-Amadiyah region was the target, AFP news agency reported. | |
| No casualties were reported by authorities in northern Iraq. | No casualties were reported by authorities in northern Iraq. |
| "The aerial bombardment didn't result in any people killed because the area is almost deserted because of fear of aerial and mortar attacks from the Turkish side," Reuters news agency quoted Jabbar Yawer, an Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga spokesman as saying. | "The aerial bombardment didn't result in any people killed because the area is almost deserted because of fear of aerial and mortar attacks from the Turkish side," Reuters news agency quoted Jabbar Yawer, an Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga spokesman as saying. |
| Turkish military officials pledged to continue operations "no matter how the conditions are", the Associated Press news agency quoted the army statement as saying. | |
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| Turkish officials said the PKK "suffered heavy losses in terms of its infrastructure and its human resources," during the military operation earlier this month. | Turkish officials said the PKK "suffered heavy losses in terms of its infrastructure and its human resources," during the military operation earlier this month. |
| Iraqi officials said the air strikes on 16 December targeted 10 villages and killed one woman, while the PKK reported seven deaths. | Iraqi officials said the air strikes on 16 December targeted 10 villages and killed one woman, while the PKK reported seven deaths. |