Car bomb kills two soldiers as rebel fighters ‘retaliate for Turkish airstrikes’

Two soliders were killed and four others injured when Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb in the south-east of Turkey. The explosion, apparent retaliation for Turkish air strikes on Kurdish militant camps, happened as a military vehicle was travelling on a road in the town of Lice. Turkish officials blamed the attack on “terrorists”, which is how they typically refer to Kurdish rebels, but no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, however. The incident comes a day after Turkey launched airstrikes on Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq, its first such strikes since a peace process with the Kurds was launched in 2012.

The truce has no meaning anymore after these intense air strikes by the occupant Turkish army.

PKK statement

Turkey said on Saturday its fighter jets hit militant camps of the Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq overnight whie Turkish ground forces struck the PKK and Islamic State fighters in northern Syria. Fighter jets hit PKK targets in several locations in northern Iraq, including warehouses, “logistic points”, living quarters and storage buildings, prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s office said. The strikes are likely to be a major blow to the stalled Kurdish peace process. America has condemned PKK attacks and supported Turkey’s “right to defend itself”. Turkey launched its first-ever air attack against Islamic State targets in Syria early on Friday, promising more decisive action against both the jihadists and Kurdish militants.

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