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| 2016-09-04 | |
| 8 Turkish soldiers dead in anti-terrorist operations Eight Turkish servicemen were killed and eight more were injured during anti-terrorist operations in the country’s Van province, the Anadolu Agency reported Sept. 3. Reportedly, Turkey has neutralized 11 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization in the Mount Tendurek. The anti-terrorist operations continue with support of Turkish Air Force. 3 soldiers dead in shootout in Turkey Three Turkish servicemen died and 23 more were wounded in a shootout between the Turkish military and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the country’s south-eastern province of Hakkari, the Turkish Haber 7 TV channel reported Sept. 3. According to the report, Turkish armed forces sent additional troops to the Hakkari province. Turkey kills 100 PKK militants More than 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group have been killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish army forces in the restive southeastern part of the country, Milliyet newspaper reported. Turkish military said in a statement on Saturday that over 100 PKK militants had been “neutralized” during the clashes, without specifying how many were killed and how many wounded. The casualty toll from Saturday’s clashes was one of the highest in a single day of the conflict in recent years. Turkish forces suffered a bloody 24 hours after 13 soldiers and a village guardsman were killed in three separate incidents in the country’s east and southeast, blamed on Kurdish militants.
Attacks against Turkish military have continued with almost daily attacks since the July 15 failed coup which tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power. Since the collapse of a two-year ceasefire in July, Anadolu reported over 600 Turkish security force members have been killed by the PKK in renewed fighting. The government has responded with military operations against the group, killing more than 7,000 militants in Turkey and northern Iraq, the agency said. It is not possible to independently verify the toll. Activists claim innocent civilians have also been killed in the offensives. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |