Turkey's parliament has extended by one year the military's mandate to carry out operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. The measure was passed amid intensified attacks in the country's Kurdish-dominated region, including the killing of 17 soldiers by rebels less than one week ago.
Hours before the vote, unidentified assailants attacked a police bus near the city of Diyarbakir, killing three policemen and the bus driver. Lawmakers voted 511 to 18 to extend the mandate New Pentagon report on Iraq ...
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Report: Kurdish Rebels Warned Germany Before Kidnapping ... which expires on October 17.
(Deutsche Welle)
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