(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A total of 33 PKK militants have been "neutralized" in an ongoing operation in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, the military said Friday.
In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said a drone strike on Friday morning neutralized six militants on Dilekli Nizar Mountain in Yuksekova, while another 26 were neutralized Thursday during an air-backed operation in Cukurca, a mountainous district on the Iraqi border.
Meanwhile, another PKK militant was killed during a clash between the militants and security forces in Lice, Diyarbakir province Thursday.
The security forces also destroyed Thursday a vehicle loaded with three tons of explosives in Savur, Mardin province, the statement said.
PKK militants, who accuse the Ankara government of sponsoring ISIS, mounted a series of reprisal attacks against Turkish security forces after the bombing, prompting the Turkish military operations.
The PKK, which has been calling for an autonomous Kurdish region since 1984, has since carried out several attacks on police and military posts in the largely Kurdish region.
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22 October 2016 - 12:34
News ID: 787044
A total of 33 PKK militants have been "neutralized" in an ongoing operation in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, the military said Friday.
