ISTANBUL—Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime minister said. Turkey immediately launched a military operation against the rebels in response. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gave the death toll during a press conference in Istanbul and condemned the attack. Eleven of them were soldiers, the Turkish military said. The checkpoint is 20 kilometres from the town of Semdinli.

Source: thestar October 09, 2016 12:11 UTC