ANKARA - Turkey carried out air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight, hitting dozens of targets for the second night in a row, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, after a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara.

At least 27 civilians were killed in northern and eastern Syria in a 24-hour military escalation, according to a war monitor, as Turkey struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria for the second day.

Turkey conducted air strikes in northern Iraq targeting Kurdish militants following a fatal gun attack in Ankara. The strikes hit 34 PKK targets, neutralizing many militants. This response, led by President Erdogan,