CRI听力:Turkey Calls NATO Meeting on Combating IS, PKK

Turkey has called a special meeting of NATO to discuss its military operation against the Islamic State militant group and the Kurdistan Workers Party.

The meeting is scheduled in Brussels on Tuesday.

Turkey has been stepping up attacks on Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq and Islamic State targets in Syria.

Local media say several F-16 fighter jets bombed PKK targets in northern Iraq on Sunday evening.

Turkey launched the first round of air strikes against PKK camps and targets of Islamic State group in Syria on Friday.

The attacks continued on Saturday, according to residents of a Kurdish village in northern Iraq.

"Yesterday, at about 11 p.m., Turkish fighter jets came and hit our village with 10 rockets. We and our children were really scared. They even bombed our water supply."

Ankara says the campaign on the PKK positions will help create a safe zone across swathes of northern Syria.

Turkey has dramatically cranked up its role in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State since a suspected IS suicide bomber killed 32 people last week in a town close to the Syrian border.

Meanwhile, it's launching fresh attacks on Kurdish militants, raising concerns about the future of the shaky Kurdish peace process.

Critics including opposition politicians accuse President Tayyip Erdogan of trying to use the campaign against the Islamic State as an excuse to crack down on Kurds.

Ankara denies the accusation.