Turkish warplanes bomb PKK stronghold in northern Iraq

ISTANBUL

In this file photo, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants are seen gathering to listen to the speech of the PKK leader on April 25, 2013 in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO

Turkish warplanes launched attacks on camps of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq late July 24, Doğan News Agency reported.The attacks followed airstrikes into northern Syria, where Turkish fighter jets targetted Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bases.Private broadcaster NTV said that Turkish warplanes, which all took off from their base in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır, had also set off on a separate but simultaneous mission for a second wave of attacks against ISIL late July 25, after a first set of attacks earlier in the day.