Turkey in new air strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq amid Turkey's row with Syria over a downed Turkish jet

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Turkey in new air strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq

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The air strikes come amid Turkey's row with Syria over a downed Turkish jet. Turkey's general staff said on its website that its warplanes had hit "nine targets belonging to the separatist terrorist organisation", referring to the PKK, and that all planes had returned safely.

Abdullah Gul (right) with Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari (epa file photo) Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has been trying to drum up European support for a Turkish incursion. He raised the issue with U.K. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett in London on July 18. Gul told reporters following the meeting that he called for international support against the PKK. 

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Map #Turkey #Latakia locates wreckage of downed plane wreckage at sea of an F4 fighter plane #Syria. Tiny Klout Flag 53LBCI News English ‏@LBCI_News_EN. #Turkey knows coordinates of downed jet wreckag...

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 Turkish President Abdullah Gul suggested the two countries were still liaising despite their differences.

Sunday: #Syria Turkey politicians branded the downing of the plane an “act of war” Turkey and the Syrian people »

Erdogan has repeatedly called on al-Assad to step down, and Turkey has withdrawn its diplomats from Damascus. Davutoglu pointedly refused to express support for al-Assad on Sunday, saying Turkey stand...

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