Turkish forces hit Kurdish militant positions

One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in an offensive of the Turkish military against Kurdish extremists in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 06.09.2012.

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DIYARBAKIR One Turkish soldier was killed and two were wounded in an offensive of the Turkish military against Kurdish extremists in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq. The offensive, which involved at least 2,000 ground troops and 10 F-16 warplanes and Cobra helicopters, underscores a growing cycle of violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, Reuters reports. Turkish forces hit Kurdish militant positions Up to 10 F-16 fighter jets had also been sent from a nearby base in Diyarbakir to support the operation, the source said. There were no reports that Turkish ground troops had crossed the border, although Turkey has sent soldiers into the region in the past, Reuters points out. Residents across the border in northern Iraq, from where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commands its operations against the Turkish state, said warplanes had also bombed the remote area of Dwele inside Iraq but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Reuters points out that Turkey has stepped up air operations on suspected PKK rebels in northern Iraq over the past year after an increase in PKK attacks. The Turkish assault comes days after PKK fighters killed 10 members of Turkey's security services in simultaneous attacks on four state and security installations in southeast parts of the country. Turkish leaders believe that the increasing number of PKK attacks is linked to the nearby conflict in Syria. Turkey has seen some of the fiercest fighting this summer between PKK rebels and Turkish security forces since the separatist militants took up arms in 1984 with the aim of carving out their own state in the southeast, Reuters points out. The U.S. and the EU consider the PKK a terrorist organization. (file) Tanjug

Turkish forces hit Kurdish militant positions

Up to 10 F-16 fighter jets had also been sent from a nearby base in Diyarbakir to support the operation, the source said.

There were no reports that Turkish ground troops had crossed the border, although Turkey has sent soldiers into the region in the past, Reuters points out.

Residents across the border in northern Iraq, from where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commands its operations against the Turkish state, said warplanes had also bombed the remote area of Dwele inside Iraq but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Reuters points out that Turkey has stepped up air operations on suspected PKK rebels in northern Iraq over the past year after an increase in PKK attacks.

The Turkish assault comes days after PKK fighters killed 10 members of Turkey's security services in simultaneous attacks on four state and security installations in southeast parts of the country.

Turkish leaders believe that the increasing number of PKK attacks is linked to the nearby conflict in Syria.

Turkey has seen some of the fiercest fighting this summer between PKK rebels and Turkish security forces since the separatist militants took up arms in 1984 with the aim of carving out their own state in the southeast, Reuters points out.

The U.S. and the EU consider the PKK a terrorist organization.

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