Ankara Blast: Turkey Retaliates With Airstrikes In Iraq

Turkish forensic experts inspect the explosion scene in Ankara

Turkey says a Syrian who registered as a refugee carried out the Ankara blast, as a military convoy is hit killing six people.

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Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq - as an explosion hit a military convoy in southeast Turkey.

Six people were said to have been killed in Thursday's attack near Diyarbakir - a day after a car bomb was detonated near a military headquarters in the Turkish capital Ankara, killing 28 people and injuring dozens of others.

It came as Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the suicide bombing was carried out by a Syrian national - who had registered as a refugee in the country - in conjunction with Turkey's Kurdish rebels.

He also confirmed 60 to 70 militants, including senior leaders, had been killed in the overnight air raids targeting rebel positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.

Nine people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday's deadly attack.

"The attack was carried out by the PKK together with a person who sneaked into Turkey from Syria," said Mr Davutoglu.

In an apparent appeal to the United States, Mr Davutoglu called on allies to withdraw their support for Syrian Kurdish militias.

Turkey regards the Syrian Democratic Union Party, and its military wing, the People's Protection Units as terrorists because of their affiliation to Turkey's outlawed Kurdish rebel group.

However, the Kurdish militia, has been fighting the Islamic State terror group, alongside the US.

No-one has claimed responsibility for the Ankara bombing which targeted several buses carrying military personnel.

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The rush-hour blast was 300m in front of the Chief of Staff's Building, the base for the heads of Turkey's Army, Air Force and Navy and close to the seat of parliament.

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