Turkey launches air strikes after PKK killings

2011-10-19 648

Kurdish rebels kill at least 24 soldiers in simultaneous attacks in southeast Turkey, marking one of the deadliest days for the army in the 27-year battle against the separatists. Turkey hit back with cross-border air strikes on rebel bases and sent troops into neighbouring Iraq as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a foreign trip and called an emergency meeting of top security officials.Duration: 00:56

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