Turkish troops 'cross into Iraq'
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A group of Turkish troops enter northern Iraq, local officials say, after warning against Kurdish rebels there.
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Turkey moves a step closer to cross-border raids against Kurdish PKK fighters in Iraq. But it would prefer that Iraqi authorities shut down the separatists
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Reports that Turkey has massed a huge military force on its border with Iraq bolstered fears that an invasion targeting hideouts of Kurdish rebels could be imminent. But how deeply into Iraq is the Turkish army willing to go, how long would it stay and what kind of fallout could come from allies in Washington and other NATO partners?
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- Turkey has ramped up military operations along its southern border with Iraq, with aircraft reportedly bombarding the mountainous terrain on Wednesday, part of a growing confrontation that threatens to open a new northern front in the Iraq war.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish military planes scoured the Iraqi border for Kurdish rebel camps on Saturday, army sources said, after diplomatic talks in Ankara to avert a major cross-border operation into northern Iraq failed.
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Turkey on Saturday staged new air raids on Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and more strikes will follow, the Turkish military said.
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Dozens of Turkish military vehicles streamed toward the Iraqi border with heavy artillery and ammunition Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed a dozen soldiers and claimed to have captured eight in an intensifying crisis threatening to spill into Iraq.
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Turkey's military General Staff said on Wednesday it could not confirm a report that it has sent several thousand troops into northern Iraq to combat Kurdish militants hiding there.
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ANKARA, Turkey  -- Turkish troops have shelled suspected Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq, a government official said Wednesday, as military and civilian leaders gathered to discuss the scope and duration of a cross-border incursion.
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Turkey has launched fresh air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the Turkish military says.
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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq  - Turkish planes bombed an area of Iraq near the border with Turkey on Tuesday to attack Kurdish separatists and the army said it had killed at least 150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month.
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Turkish troops crossed into  northern Iraq overnight and carried out a small-scale operation  against Kurdish separatists, the Turkish army said on Tuesday.
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Two U.S. jets appear to have crossed into Turkish airspace over the border with Iraq inadvertently
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Turkey is stepping up its presence along its border with Iraq to levels not seen in years in an effort to root out Kurdish separatist guerrillas who take refuge in northern Iraq.
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ISTANBUL - Turkish warplanes and helicopters yesterday attacked the broad mountain passes that Kurdish separatist rebels use to travel from hide-outs in northern Iraq into Turkey, the state-run Anatolian News Agency reported.
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GORUMLU, Turkey  - Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fuelling U.S. concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.
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CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday, but Ankara wants to hold back from any major incursion for now and give diplomacy a chance.