Turkey said on Monday its air force "neutralised" 26 Kurdish militants in strikes in Syria and Iraq in response to the killing of soldiers at the weekend, while authorities also detained dozens of pro-Kurdish opposition officials. On Saturday, the defence ministry said that 12 Turkish soldiers were killed during fighting with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, prompting Ankara to conduct a barrage of air strikes and operations in the region.
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