Two Kurdish militants detonated a bomb close to the Turkish parliament building in Ankara yesterday, the same day that MPs returned from recess for the new legislative year. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for the apparent suicide attack. “One of the terrorists detonated himself, while the other was neutralized by security forces,” the country’s interior minister wrote on X(formerly known as Twitter). The Turkish military has carried out retaliatory airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq. (Associated Press | Reuters)

Egypt condemned the attack: The Foreign Ministry con demned the attack “in the strongest terms” and expressed its “full solidarity” with Turkey. The message of solidarity comes a few months after Egypt and Turkey restored diplomatic ties and reappointed ambassadors in July, bringing to an end a decade of tensions.

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