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TURKISH SOLDIERS KILL 26 KURDISH REBELS IN TWO DAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 7, 2012 - 22:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish soldiers have killed 26 Kurdish rebels in
two days in an offensive involving over 2,000 troops, as well as F-16
fighter planes operating on both sides of the Turkey-Iraq border,
Reuters reported citing security sources.
The operation against the rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) began in Sirnak, a southeasterly province bordering Iraq and
Syria and the site of frequent clashes between rebels and Turkish
troops.
This summer has been one of the bloodiest in Turkey since the PKK
took up arms against the state in 1984 with the aim of carving out
a Kurdish state.
Turkish security sources told Reuters on Friday, Sept 7, that 26
militants had been killed since the start of the offensive.
"The intense operation is continuing," the sources said.
The operation has largely focused on Kato mountain, a remote area
of Sirnak, but Turkish security sources as well as Iraqi residents
said planes had bombed areas inside northern Iraq's semi-autonomous
Kurdistan region.
There were no reports that Turkish ground troops had crossed the
border into northern Iraq, although Turkey has sent soldiers into
the region in the past.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 7, 2012 - 22:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish soldiers have killed 26 Kurdish rebels in
two days in an offensive involving over 2,000 troops, as well as F-16
fighter planes operating on both sides of the Turkey-Iraq border,
Reuters reported citing security sources.
The operation against the rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) began in Sirnak, a southeasterly province bordering Iraq and
Syria and the site of frequent clashes between rebels and Turkish
troops.
This summer has been one of the bloodiest in Turkey since the PKK
took up arms against the state in 1984 with the aim of carving out
a Kurdish state.
Turkish security sources told Reuters on Friday, Sept 7, that 26
militants had been killed since the start of the offensive.
"The intense operation is continuing," the sources said.
The operation has largely focused on Kato mountain, a remote area
of Sirnak, but Turkish security sources as well as Iraqi residents
said planes had bombed areas inside northern Iraq's semi-autonomous
Kurdistan region.
There were no reports that Turkish ground troops had crossed the
border into northern Iraq, although Turkey has sent soldiers into
the region in the past.
From: A. Papazian