Turkey is denying reports it’s sent forces into northern Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels. The Associated Press reported Wednesday Turkish military officials had confirmed limited operations were taking place. In Washington, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack backed Turkey’s denial.

State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack: “So what we believe is needed is dialogue, cooperation, action in addressing the PKK threat, but not an incursion by the Turkish army into Iraq. We have been able to check along the border, and we haven’t seen anything.”