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Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing

Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Urum al-Jawz, in Idlib province, Syria on October. 20, 2020. [AP Photo]

Turkey launched airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Sunday, targeting Kurdish groups that Ankara holds responsible for last week's bomb attack in Istanbul.

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