In the aftermath of the suicide bombing targeting pro-Kurdish activists in the Turkish city of Suruc last month, fresh conflict has erupted. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has launched a series of attacks on Turkish targets, even as it continues to fight the Islamic State (IS). Meanwhile, Turkey, in coordination with NATO members and with US political support, has launched military intervention against both IS and the PKK in Iraq and Syria.
There has been another, less reported, dimension to this escalation of conflict; in recent weeks, there has been a series of attacks on Iranian targets in Turkey, including a passenger bus, gas pipelines and trains. In the latest development, an Iranian truck was attacked near the Bazargan border crossing with Turkey.
