Turkey Launches Strikes on Kurdish Militant Targets in Retaliation for Ankara Attack

Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq following a suicide attack on a government building in Ankara. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the bombing, and Turkey's defense ministry reported that 20 PKK targets were destroyed in the airstrikes. The attack occurred as Turkey's Parliament reopened after its summer recess, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue the fight against terrorism. Turkey has conducted cross-border offensives against the PKK in northern Iraq and views the Kurdish militia group YPG as an extension of the PKK.