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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 26 urged Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to stick with the Kurdish peace process despite escalating violence, her office said.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) has said the ceasefire between it and the Turkish government has ?lost its meaning? after the Turkish army?s airstrikes against PKK camps in northern Iraq, which began on July 24. 

Turkey and the U.S. have reached an agreement in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which takes Ankara?s concerns into account, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, when asked by reporters July 24 if the consensus included a no-fly zone and safe haven in Syria.

Turkey carried out airstrikes against three Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria for 13 minutes early July 24.

A recent joint action consensus between Turkey and the United States, which includes the use of the ?ncirlik Airbase in southern Turkey in fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, also covers a partial no-fly zone over the Turkey-Syria border, according to Turkish sources. 

A recent joint action consensus between Turkey and the United States, which includes the use of the ?ncirlik Airbase in southern Turkey in fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, also covers a partial no-fly zone over the Turkey-Syria border, according to sources. 

A Turkish soldier has been killed by gunfire from across the Syrian border, triggering what was described as the first gunfight between Turkey's army and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.

Here are the updates as they were posted:

A permanent ceasefire from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) cannot be on the table until meetings with the group?s imprisoned leader are permitted by Ankara, a senior PKK leader has said. 

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) has threatened to attack dam construction sites in Turkey?s mainly Kurdish southeast provinces on the grounds that Ankara has violated a cease-fire by building army posts, while one person died and two were wounded in fresh clashes in the northeastern province of Ardahan. 

The Turkish army said on July 7 it had detained almost 800 people trying to cross illegally from Syria, including three suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after bolstering security in border areas near where the jihadists hold ground.