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The simmering tensions in the wake of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorism in Turkey reached a boiling point after the recent ambushes that killed scores of Turkish troops. The current crisis not only poses a serious danger of spreading further into the region, drawing other parties from the broader neighborhood into the fray.

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