MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-ARMY Turkish military says three killed in fighting with Kurdish militants

Record ID: 143921

  • Title: MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-ARMY Turkish military says three killed in fighting with Kurdish militants
  • Date: 14th August 2015
  • Summary: HAKKARI, TURKEY (FILE) (REUTERS) EXTERIORS OF MILITARY OUTPOST SOLDIER LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS VIEW OF MOUNTAINOUS AREA VARIOUS OF SOLDIER MACHINE GUN GUARDING SOLDIERS NEXT TO A TRUCK POINTING OUT MOUNTAINS VIEW OF MOUNTAINOUS AREA VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS DRIVING ON ROAD SOLDIERS SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS ENTERING AN OUTPOST
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6MOE0XOYJV13NPXT6OQP1NHR3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Three soldiers were killed and six wounded in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) insurgents in southeastern Hakkari province on Friday (August 14), the Turkish military said in a statement.
    Security sources earlier told Reuters four soldiers had been killed and six wounded.
    The fighting is the latest in a wave of violence between the army and the PKK in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
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