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AFP: Turkish Kurdish rebels declare end to unilateral ceasefire

"Turkish Kurdish rebels declare end to unilateral ceasefire

(AFP) – 19 hours ago

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq announced on Friday they had ended their unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, as Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani paid a landmark visit to Ankara.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) statement came less than a week after six Turkish soldiers were killed in a rocket strike which a news agency close to the rebels said was claimed by the PKK."

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