It seems that the Kurdish front is no more kept aside from the events in Syria, with fighting between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish fighters kills 19 on Sunday.Officials said that clashes between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish fighters killed 19 people in the southeast of the country on Sunday.
Six soldiers, two village guards and 11 Kurdish rebels were killed following an overnight attack on an army post in a village in Hakkari province which borders Iraq, the governor Orhan Alimoglu said.
Another 15 soldiers were wounded.
The raid on the army post follows similar assaults in the Kurdish-dominated southeast which have prompted the army to launch an all-out offensive against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in the area.
The Turkish ground and air operation, one of the biggest in years, was launched about two weeks ago to drive out the rebels in the town of Semdinli, also in Hakkari province.
About 2,000 soldiers are involved in the offensive, private NTV television reported Sunday.
"A serious and strong operation is under way in Semdinli," Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said last week.
Source: AFP | 05-08-2012 - 11:52 Last updated 05-08-2012 - 11:52 |
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