Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi officials are holding a security meeting to coordinate the struggle against Turkish Kurdish rebels based in neighboring Iraq. The meeting on Tuesday comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the start of the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, according to a report of the Associated Press. The rebels have been fighting for autonomy in Turkey's southeast. The state-run Anatolia news agency says the sides are also scheduled to discuss Turkish calls to shut down the Makhmur refugee camp in Iraq. The camp houses an estimated 9,000 Turkish Kurds who fled to Iraq in the early 1990s during fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels. Turkish authorities accuse Kurdish guerrillas of indoctrinating children in the camp to become rebels.
