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| 110 PKK militants, one soldier killed in southeastern clashes | |
| 2015-12-21 | |
| [Hurriyet] Some 110 militants have been killed during operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern provinces of Şırnak, Diyarbakır and Mardin, state-run Anadolu Agency has claimed. One soldier who was wounded in clashes in Şırnak’s Cizre district died on Dec. 20, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement. Another soldier was killed during clashes in the Sur district of Diyarbakır on Dec. 19. Some 78 militants were killed in Cizre during the first four days of operations amid an ongoing siege, Anadolu agency reported on Dec. 19, citing military sources.
Meanwhile, Turkish Armed Forces said in its statement that 18 militants were killed on Dec. 19 during operations in Cizre, Silopi and Sur. Some 23 security forces, including police officers, were wounded in Diyarbakır and Şırnak operations. Two senior officials from YDG-H, youth wing of outlawed PKK militant group, were also killed during the operations in Cizre. A curfew was imposed on Cizre and Silopi on Dec. 14. Some 10,000 troops backed by tanks have been deployed in the southeast to try to rout young PKK supporters from urban areas. The operation, which has targeted Cizre, Silopi and Sur, began on Dec. 16, according to the army. | |
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