Eighteen Kurdish fighters were killed during their escape to Syria
Eighteen Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the night, when they tried to escape to Syria from the Turkish border town Nousaimpin, said today security forces sources.
The sources said that the security forces were conducting cleansing operations in Nousaimpin when clashes erupted as members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have tried to reach the nearby Syrian town Qamishli.
Most of Qamishli under the control of militia of People's Protection Units (YPG) of Syrian Kurds, which, for Ankara, linked to the outlawed PKK.
The United States, which have supported the YPG in the battle against the Islamic State in Syria do not consider that the militia of Syrian Kurds is a terrorist organization, an attitude that has caused tension with Turkey, a member state of NATO.
The United States, Turkey and the European Union classify the PKK terrorist organizations. In southeast Turkey, mainly inhabited by Kurds, marked the most violent conflicts of the 90s after the termination of the truce kept the PKK for two and a half years, which collapsed last July.
On Sunday, the PKK militants detonated explosive devices in Nousaimpin crossing a police vehicle, killing one policeman and wounding three others, said the security forces sources, according to the Athens Press Agency.
Security forces also clashed with militants in Yuksekova town, near the border with Iran, yesterday, reported the Turkish Dogan news agency, according to which a police officer was killed and a soldier injured.
Only Saturday (yesterday), 15 PKK fighters were killed in Nousaimpin cities, Sirnak and Yuksekova said the Turkish army in the daily briefing on conflict Sunday.
The government has rejected any return to the negotiating table and has said it will crush the PKK. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK took up arms in 1984.
Eighteen Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the night, when they tried to escape to Syria from the Turkish border town Nousaimpin, said today security forces sources.
The sources said that the security forces were conducting cleansing operations in Nousaimpin when clashes erupted as members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have tried to reach the nearby Syrian town Qamishli.
Most of Qamishli under the control of militia of People's Protection Units (YPG) of Syrian Kurds, which, for Ankara, linked to the outlawed PKK.
The United States, which have supported the YPG in the battle against the Islamic State in Syria do not consider that the militia of Syrian Kurds is a terrorist organization, an attitude that has caused tension with Turkey, a member state of NATO.
The United States, Turkey and the European Union classify the PKK terrorist organizations. In southeast Turkey, mainly inhabited by Kurds, marked the most violent conflicts of the 90s after the termination of the truce kept the PKK for two and a half years, which collapsed last July.
On Sunday, the PKK militants detonated explosive devices in Nousaimpin crossing a police vehicle, killing one policeman and wounding three others, said the security forces sources, according to the Athens Press Agency.
Security forces also clashed with militants in Yuksekova town, near the border with Iran, yesterday, reported the Turkish Dogan news agency, according to which a police officer was killed and a soldier injured.
Only Saturday (yesterday), 15 PKK fighters were killed in Nousaimpin cities, Sirnak and Yuksekova said the Turkish army in the daily briefing on conflict Sunday.
The government has rejected any return to the negotiating table and has said it will crush the PKK. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK took up arms in 1984.
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