Turkish troops attack Kurdish targets in Iraq

After an attack on Turkish soldiers the armed forces of the country's Kurdish rebel targets in several neighboring Iraq have attacked. Combat aircraft and helicopters were hit targets of the PKK on the Iraqi side of the border, said the military. Here are 26 Kurdish fighters were killed and another captured. With a rebel attack on Tuesday eight Turkish soldiers were killed. Kurdish rebels use northern Iraq as a base to carry out attacks on Turkish targets. The rebels have been fighting for decades for autonomy in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of Turkey. The President of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq on Wednesday called for an end to fighting between Turkey and Kurdish rebels. The "time for war and weapons is over," said Massoud Barzani, the Turkish state television.