ISTANBUL: The Turkish military on Saturday carried out a second wave of strikes against targets controlled by Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria and embarked on a new air campaign to bombard camps of Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

The two-pronged operation against IS and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)—two groups who are themselves bitterly opposed—came after a week of deadly violence in Turkey the authorities blamed on the organizations.

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