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Iraqi Kurds warn PKK amid Turkey air strikes
The PKK has long had a presence in northern Iraq
Iraq's Kurdistan region has urged Turkish Kurd separatist forces of the PKK toleave civilian areas amid continuing Turkish air strikes.
The call follows reports that civilians have been killed in Turkish raids on PKK targetswhich resumed a week ago.
Turkey's official news agency says about 260 Kurdish fighters have been killed in strikes innorthern Iraq and Turkey itself since then.
The PKK has not released any casualty figures.
Turkey has carried out hundreds of raids on the rebel group's bases on both sides of theIraq-Turkey border.
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At the same time, it is bombing Islamic State militants in Syria in an effort to push themback from Turkey's borders. Turkey had not previously been involved in fighting in Syria'sconflict.
'Keep battlefield away'
Further Turkish air raids were reported overnight, this time in the Rawanduz area east ofErbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdish region.
At least six people were killed and several more wounded in the town of Zarkel, localofficials said. They reportedly included at least two women.
An Iraq-based PKK activist told Associated Press that at least six homes were destroyedand eight civilians were killed.
"We condemn this bombardment that led to the martyrdom of people from the Kurdistanregion and call on Turkey not to bombard civilians again," Iraqi Kurdish PresidentMassoud Barzani said in a statement.
The past week has seen a series of deadly attacks inside Turkey blamed on the PKK
Urging the PKK to withdraw its fighters from civilian areas in the region, he said theseparatists "must keep the battlefield away from the Kurdistan region in order for civiliansnot to become victims of this war".
The statement also called on the Turkish government and the PKK to resume peace talks.
The strikes against PKK camps in northern Iraq, which began last week, were the first
since March 2013, when a ceasefire was called.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week that it was "not possible tocontinue the peace process with those who threaten our national unity and brotherhood".
Turkey and a number of Western countries regard the PKK as a terrorist organisation.
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