The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria denied links to a deadly attack near Ankara claimed by Kurdish PKK militants, after Turkish strikes on Kurd-held Syria killed more than a dozen people in retaliation.

At least five people have been killed and 22 others wounded in an attack on the headquarters of Turkey’s aerospace and defence company, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS), near the capital Ankara, Turkey’s interior minister has said.

Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in what Ankara called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters, where witnesses said they heard gunfire and an explosion.

Following an attack in Ankara, Turkey conducted strikes in northern Iraq and northern Syria against Kurdish militant targets.

Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in a gun attack on the headquarters of Turkey's largest aerospace manufacturer TUSAS that Ankara blamed on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group.

Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara,

Turkish warplanes attacked nearly three dozen targets of a Kurdish militant organization in northern Iraq and Syria, Ankara's ministry of defense said late Wednesday.

Turkey's government says its military has struck sites in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people.

Silence over Turkey’s attacks against Kurds is nearly universal, from the halls of the United Nations to America’s campuses and the streets of Europe.