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The Russian Defense Ministry said this in a statement on Wednesday, TASS reported.

France's foreign minister on Wednesday demanded that all Iranian-backed militia, including Lebanon's Hezbollah, leave Syria and said that Turkey and Iran were violating international law through their actions in the country, according to Reuters.

A Greek court is hearing a Turkish extradition request for the second of nine suspected Turkish left-wing militants arrested in November, days before an Athens visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Naci Ozpolat, a 48-year-old Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin, appeared in court Tuesday. He is wanted by Turkey on charges of assisting a terrorist organization.

The Bulgarian state prosecution has decided not to charge Hezbollah with involvement in the 2012 bomb attack at the Burgas airport that killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian bus driver and wounded 32 other Israelis, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

One Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded in a crossborder attack carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from northern Iraq, targeting the eastern Turkish province of Hakkari, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 1.

Turkish military aircraft hit 19 targets at Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Seberan Iraq on Monday, Reuters reported, citing the Turkish Air Force. PKK hideouts, warehouses, and positions of fire are being destroyed, believed to be preparing an attack on the Turkish border.

Turkey launched a massive operation against the Kurds ten days ago. It is called "Olive Branch".

A total of 49 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were “neutralized” in two air raids on Jan. 29 in northern Iraq, the Turkish military said on Feb. 1.

One Turkish soldier was killed and another was wounded during combat between the Turkish Armed Forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Ağrı on the Turkish and Syrian border on Jan. 31.

Members of the People's Self-Defense Force (YPG), which according to Ankara are linked to the forbidden Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), have attacked a Turkish military convoy in the northern Syrian town of Idlib, daily Sabah reports.

Security forces in the eastern province of Bingöl on Jan. 30 seized over 600 kilograms of explosives belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).