Turkish fighter jets have carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq following Wednesday’s car bomb explosion in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Turkey’s General Staff said that the airstrikes hit the Haftanin area in Dohuk Province of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Press TV reports: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said between 60 and 70 PKK militants were killed in the airstrikes, including some senior figures of the Kurdish militant group.
Six military personnel were killed and one seriously wounded in an explosion that hit a military convoy in the southeast of Turkey. The blast that was reportedly caused by a home-made device and follows yesterday car bomb attack that killed 28 people in the Turkish capital of Ankara. RT reports: The military also said that a handmade bomb was detonated by remote control while the military vehicle was searching for mines on the highway linking Diyarbakir to the district of Lice, Reuters reports.
Moments after a massive explosion rocked Ankara on Wednesday, we said the following: “Expect this to be pinned on either ISIS or the PKK. If it's the latter, Ankara will once again claim that the group is working in concert with the YPG and that will be all the evidence Erdogan needs to march across the border.”
A top Kurdish commander has claimed that Turkey are actively supporting terrorist groups such as ISIS, arming them with weapons and munitions with its ally Saudi Arabia. Murat Karayılan says he has documentary evidence that the AKP, headed by Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, has links to numerous terror groups including ISIS.
28 people have been killed and a further 61 injured in a large military car bomb explosion in Turkey’s capital city Ankara on Wednesday night. Officials say the car bomb targeted military personnel who were travelling in a vehicle which was stopped at a traffic light. Aljazeera.com reports: The death toll rose steadily on Wednesday night, with those wounded in the blast sent to hospitals across the city. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an urgent emergency meeting with top level security officials in Ankara.