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                        Turkey Bombs Kurdish Separatists

   by VOA News

   Media reports in Turkey say government warplanes have bombed Kurdish
   nationalist rebels in southeast of the country in the first significant
   air operation against the group since peace talks began two years ago.

   The Hurriyet newspaper said the jets hit Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
   targets in Hakkari province on Sunday.

   The bombings are said to be a response to shootings by the PKK at a
   military outpost in the area. They come amid increased internal tension
   over Turkey's inaction against the Islamic State.

   Protesters in recent weeks have called for the Turkish military to
   intervene across the Syrian border, where Islamic State militants have
   surrounded Kobani, which is also known as Ayn al-Arab.

   The PKK issued a call to arms in September for Kurds to defend the
   largely Kurdish town.

   The renewed conflict between Turkey and the PKK jeopardizes a fragile
   peace process launched by Ankara and rebel leadership in 2012 after
   three decades of insurgency killed more than 40,000 people.
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