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Suspected Turkish drones kill five in Sulaimani province: official
[Rudaw] Two suspected Hemin Bahjat, mayor of Aghjalar, told Rudaw on Saturday the drones "targeted a PKK base and a Toyota Hilux vehicle which carried four passengers who were all killed. According to initial reports, two of the passengers were locals while two others were PKK fighters." The mayor later added that another person was killed in the attack. The dead bodies of the four passengers have been transferred to a hospital for inspection and to be identified, added the mayor. Neither  ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...nor the PKK have commented on the incident. Turkey often targets the PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region, sometimes causing civilian casualties but Ankara has repeatedly said that it does not target civilians. Ankara launched a new phase of its Claw operations against the PKK in Duhok province in mid-April. PKK media also reported the bombardment, saying that five "unidentified" people were killed in the vehicle. Aghjalar is affiliated to Chamchamal district and borders Kirkuk province. Halo Zahir is a resident of Tutaqal village. He told Rudaw’s Rawchi Hassan that the vehicle belonged to the PKK. Related: Sulaimani: 2022-05-19 Head of activist organization killed in Sulaimani shooting Sulaimani: 2022-05-17 Kurdish female deminers clear local area of explosives Sulaimani: 2022-04-28 Integration of Syrian refugees into Kurdistan Region’s schools a ‘major achievement’: UNHCR official Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-22 |
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