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Turkey Hits U.S.-Allied Kurds in Syria, Iraq Following Terrorist Attack on Defense Group

12 people killed, including 2 children, in Turkey strikes in Syria

NATO member Turkey on Thursday carried out a second day of aerial attacks on what it said are Kurdish militant positions in Iraq and Syria, following a terrorist attack on a state-run defense agency this week in which five people were killed.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization reportedly targeted numerous “strategic locations” allegedly used by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – which was deemed a terrorist organization in the U.S. in 1997 – as well as targets used by Syrian Kurdish militia affiliated with the militant group.

Armed drones were used to hit military, intelligence, energy and infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots, The Associated Press reported.

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