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A ground operation into Syria is one option Turkey could consider, a defence ministry official said on Thursday after Ankara found that two attackers who had set off a bomb near government buildings at the weekend had come from Syria...
A ground operation is one of the options to eliminate this threat, but it is not the only option for us," the official said.. Turkey has redoubled its operations targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after it claimed the bomb attack in Ankara, by carrying out air strikes in northern Iraq...
Turkish officials said any infrastructure and energy facilities in Iraq and Syria controlled by the PKK, as well as People's Protection Units (YPG), were legitimate military targets...
Turkey conducted operations whenever and wherever necessary in the past, and these operations will continue if needed again," the defence ministry official said.. "These operations are being conducted under self-defence rights arising from international law to eliminate terrorist attacks on Turkish territory and to ensure border security."..
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