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Turkey 'has no plans for ground troops' in Syria

There are no plans to send ground troops into Syria, the Turkish Prime Minister has said.

The statement follows last week's suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Suruc, to which the country responded with operations against Islamic State and PKK Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria.

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Turkish fighter jets 'hit PKK targets in northern Iraq'

Turkish F-16 fighter jets have reportedly hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Sunday, Turkish security sources have said.

It confirmed it will be the latest attack in Ankara's operation against Kurdish militants and Islamic State.

The warplanes, which hit targets in Hakurk, northern Iraq, were scrambled from the air base in Diyarbakir, the sources said.

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