Syrian peace talks will not resume next week — United Nations envoy

The Turkish government will implement new security plan to address the terrorist threat faced by the country, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday.

After attending a ceremony at Ankara’s military hospital GATA, Davutoglu – with Interior Minister Efkan Ala and National Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz – laid a total of 28 carnations at the blast site on Merasim Street on Friday in memory of 28 people killed in the attack.

Turkish army service busses burn after an explosion on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey. Russian Federation is now flying a bombing campaign in Syria to back up the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, who is fiercely opposed by Turkey and its allies.

The TAK was once linked with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Turkish officials have blamed the Ankara attack on the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia which Turkey says is a branch of the PKK, a charge vehemently denied by the group.

He added he would speak to US President Barack Obama by phone later Friday to warn him over “the weapons support they (the United States) give to those organisations”, referring to the PYD and YPG. Turkey views the YPG as a terror group because of its affiliation with the PKK. “This isn’t about equality between a nation-state and effective, fearless Kurdish fighters on the other side in Syria”, he said.

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, also known as TAK, named the bomber as Abdulbaki Sonmez.

Two soldiers and a police officer were killed on Friday in a PKK attack in the Sur district of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, parts of which have been under round-the-clock curfew since December, the armed forces said. Rights groups have raised serious concerns over the operation in the town, which has been placed under a curfew that prevents journalists and observers from entering.

Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks in recent months including its worst terror attack in modern history in October past year. But a Turkey-based Kurdish splinter group has claimed responsibility for the bombing and threatened more attacks.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said that he hoped the bombing would bring “our friends in the worldwide community to understand how tight the PYD and YPG’s connection to the PKK is”.

Kirby has previously said: “We don’t, as you know, recognize the PYD as a terrorist organization”.

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported late on Thursday that artillery shells had “intermittently” targeted militia positions near Azaz.