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Turkey moves troops against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

by Associated Press
| June 17, 2020 12:03 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey's Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the first known airborne-and-land offensive by Ankara inside Iraqi territory.

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