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PKK, Turkey claim 20 killed, injured in deadly week |
2019-05-01 |
[Rudaw] In a deadly week of festivities between ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... border in activities during the past week, while the The Peoples’ Defence Forces (HPG), the armed wing of the PKK, said they killed one soldier and injured another, and dealt a "crippling blow" to The HPG launched an attack on Inside Turkey, HPG claimed to have killed five soldiers during an operation in Diyarbakir on Wednesday. The guerrillas also lost five of their own in the operation, they stated. Turkey has not confirmed the deaths within their own ranks, but claimed to have "neutralized" 14 PKK fighters in airstrikes on Sunday. The HPG confirmed the Turkey regularly carries out airstrikes and military offensives against alleged PKK positions in the Kurdistan Region, where the group has its headquarters. The four-decade long conflict was reignited in 2015 after a grinding of the peace processor broke down. At least 4,330 people have been killed since July 20, 2015, according to the International Crisis Group, which is tracking the conflict. Those killed include 1,144 state forces, 2,499 PKK fighters, 464 civilians, and 223 unidentified people. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Erbil on Monday, but his talks with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani focused on business and trade ties. The government in Baghdad has called on |
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