In a series of attacks in Turkey, Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a government building in Ankara. The attack occurred just hours before the reopening of Turkey's Parliament, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the assembly, vowing to continue the fight against terrorism.

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The Turkish Interior Ministry confirmed that two police officers were injured in the attack, and the two assailants were killed. Security camera footage showed the attackers arriving in a light commercial vehicle, which they had stolen, and one detonating an explosive device while the other was shot by police. The Turkish government has launched an investigation into the attack. In response to the recent attacks, Turkey has conducted numerous cross-border offensives against the PKK in northern Iraq and launched incursions into northern Syria. Turkey views the Kurdish militia group, known as YPG, as an extension of the PKK and has listed both as terror groups.