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Iraq
PKK mortar attack kills two Turkish soldiers in Kurdistan Region: Turkish defense ministry
2020-03-26
[Rudaw] Two Ottoman Turkish soldiers were killed in a mortar attack conducted by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Wednesday in the Haftanin area of the Kurdistan Region close to the border with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, a defense ministry statement from Ankara published by state media has announced.

"Two of our soldiers were martyred and two others injured by a mortar attack by the separatist terrorist organization members in northern Iraq’s Haftanin region on March 25, 2020," read a statement from the Ottoman Turkish defense ministry via state-owned outlet TRT, using "separatist terrorist organization" to refer to the PKK.

In a separate statement posted to their official Twitter account, the defense ministry said Ottoman Turkish forces retaliated by targeting four suspected PKK positions and "neutralized" eight fighters of the group. The Ottoman Turkish government uses the term "neutralized" to denote death, injury, or capture of its adversaries.

The defense ministry later released the names and photos of the two soldiers killed in Haftanin.

The PKK is an gang which has fought a decades-long war with the Ottoman Turkish state for greater political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey. It is considered as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies.

Turkey routinely launches land and air operations against the group within its borders, in the Kurdistan Region, and in Iraq’s disputed territories of Shingal and Makhmour. It also attacks Kurdish forces in northern Syria, accusing them of ties with the PKK.
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