Turkish war planes bombed Kurdish guerrilla positions in Iraq on Sunday, while in south-east Turkey insurgents killed two soldiers and two village militia members in separate weekend attacks. Fighters of the main Kurdish separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), operate from camps in the Qandil mountains in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
The Turkish air strikes hit targets in the Soran district, according to a report on the website of a Kurdish party led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan website had no details of casualties or damage.
Air strikes in recent weeks have fuelled tensions between Turkey and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
Between 145 to 160 militants were killed in air and artillery strikes on PKK bases in northern Iraq in August, Turkey's armed forces said.
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