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Turkish airstrikes in Qandil kill 2 PKK fighters: local sources |
2019-09-15 |
[Rudaw] Two Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters were killed in Friday evening ... KABOOM!... s on Qandil, local sources allege, with the airstrikes also resulting in the destruction of villager homes, agricultural fires, power cuts, and other material damage. The airstrikes against PKK positions took place at around 7pm in Qandil, in the far north of the Kurdistan Region’s Erbil province. ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s defense ministry claimed later that evening to have "neutralized" two PKK guerillas in the strikes. "As the result of coordinated activities between Ankara uses the word neutralized to refer to those killed, maimed, or otherwise removed from the battlefield. Rudaw spoke to two local sources in the area who claimed two PKK fighters were killed in the airstrike. One of the sources, who for fear of risk to his personal safety did not want to be named, said some PKK members came down from the nearby mountains to collect the remains of their fighters maimed by one of the strikes. Shakhawan Warti, head of Qasre sub-district in Choman district, told Rudaw that The airstrike also caused the "blockage of Balayan-Qasre main road, destruction of the houses of some villages due to fragments [of the bombs]," he said. The PKK-affiliated Roj News also reported the damage caused by the airstrikes, including the burning of land in the area and the partial destruction of a mosque - confirmed by Warti. The PKK is yet to confirm the bombardments or any resulting losses. Turkey has recently intensified its air operations against the Kurdish group, announcing the launch of Operation Claw in late May. Currently in its third phase, the operation is targetting alleged PKK positions in and around Sinat and Haftanin in the Kurdistan Region province of Duhok. The Related: PKK: 2019-09-13 Turkey Acquits Austrian Student on Terror Charge PKK: 2019-09-07 Intense clashes breakout for second straight night in northern Syria PKK: 2019-09-03 KRG tells villagers near Turkish border to leave as Turkey-PKK conflict escalates |
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