Turkish warplanes attack PKK targets after soldier killed in attack

[WorldNews]

Turkish F-16 warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) firing positions in southeast Turkey on Wednesday after the militants killed a soldier in the area, Turkey's armed forces said. Clashes between Turkish troops and the militants, who have bases in the mountains of nearby northern Iraq, have become a daily occurrence since a two-year-old ceasefire fell apart last month, leaving peace negotiations in tatters. PKK fighters armed with rifles opened fire at 7:05 a.m. (0405 GMT) on troops conducting searches on a road in the Semdinli district of Hakkari province, near the borders with Iran and Iraq, the general staff said on its website.

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