Turkish troops conduct exercises near Iraqi border
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The rocky hills of Sirnak  province echoed with the boom of tank shells fired by Turkish  troops on Thursday in military exercises near the Iraqi border.
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Iraqi delegation travels to Turkey amid reports of further clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops.
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Iraqi delegates are heading to Ankara in an effort to avert attacks by Kurdish rebels over the Turkish border.
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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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Iraq will help Turkey crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday after talks with his Turkish counterpart.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 -- The Turkish military continued attacks Thursday against Kurdish separatists in mountainous areas along the Turkish-Iraqi border, according to a statement from the Turkish Military General Staff.
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Turkish troops entered northern Iraq early on Tuesday to flush out separatist Kurdish rebels, Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga security force, told AFP.
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BAGHDAD - An audacious cross-border ambush by Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq killed at least 17 Turkish soldiers yesterday, ratcheting up pressure on the Turkish government to launch a military offensive into Iraq.
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Turkish troops conducted a "limited operation" into northern Iraq in recent days in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, a military official said on Wednesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey  -- Separatist Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, killing at least nine Turkish soldiers, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press.
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TUNCELI, Turkey  - Nine Turkish soldiers were killed overnight in a clash with Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border, military sources said on Sunday, in an attack that will increase pressure on Turkey to send troops into Iraq.
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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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U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes to bomb in northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border
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The Turkish army sent soldiers about 1.5 miles into northern Iraq on Tuesday, a spokesman for Kurdish security forces said.
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Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships reportedly pounded Kurdish rebel positions along the Turkey-Iraq border Wednesday, broadening military operations against insurgents amid persistent fears Turkey will launch a major offensive inside Iraq.
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U.S. and Turkish military officials were working Wednesday to streamline procedures for any future attacks against rebels in northern Iraq after top American officials in Baghdad were angered about how Sunday's Turkish bombing unfolded.