Tag: PKK
Turkey: 2 Soldiers reported killed by PKK
The clashes took place in Cukurca district of Hakkari while the Turkish soldiers were conducting an anti-terror operation. The injured soldiers were sent to...
Oct. 10 World News Summary at 0030 GMT
ANKARA -- Ten soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants staged a car bomb attack targeting...
SE Turkey: Nearly 100 PKK militants reported killed or injured
The remaining militants retreated back to northern Iraq, the statement added.
Intense clashes have been ongoing in the Hakkari region since a large scale operation...
![Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the United Solidarity and Brotherhood rally in Gaziantep, Turkey, August 28, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]](https://newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Tayyip-Erdogan-218x150.jpg "Terrorist groups: Turkey to flash out IS and PKK")
Terrorist groups: Turkey to flash out IS and PKK
The Turkish army's operation in Syria is aimed at giving people who fled the IS-controlled areas a chance to return home, Erdogan told a...
PKK Militants Attack in Eastern Turkey Kills 1 Soldier
The clashes occurred at 4:50 (0150 GMT) early Monday Morning, when PKK militants attacked Turkish security forces in the town of Nazimiye.
Initial information revealed...
PKK bomb attack in SE Turkey: 1 soldier dead and 3 injured
The roadside bomb was detonated as the military vehicle passed through a highway in Viransehir district of southern Sanliurfa.
Police and ambulances were immediately dispatched...
Operations with PKK in South East Turkey has killed 8 Soldiers
Two pilots were killed as a Cobra helicopter crashed due to technical breakdown when the vehicle was dispatched for support to the security forces...
Strong conflict between security forces, PKK crippling Turkey
A vehicle bomb was detonated by the PKK in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, killing at least seven police officers, and injuring dozens more...
PKK militants clamp down on Turkey
The causality due to fighting has also been on the rise with three Turkish soldiers killed and 24 others wounded late Thursday in a...
March 18 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused European countries of backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) outlawed by Turkey.
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March 13 world news summary at 1530 GMT
ISLAMABAD -- At least 31 people were killed and 47 others injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan over the last three days, the...
6 PKK detainees abscond from a prison in Turkey
The group of the prisoners escaped from the closed prison in Diyarbakir province between the provinces of Sanliurfa and Elazig on Sunday...
March 4 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- Two soldiers of the Turkish security forces were killed and four others wounded in the clashes with the militants of the outlawed...
Kurdish group takes credit for Ankara attack
In a statement on Friday, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) said they carried out the attack on military personnel on Wednesday, according to Firat...
Turkey confirms responding to shelling against Kurds in Syria
The source was quoted as saying by the state-run Anatolia News Agency that the Akcabaglar base in south-central Kilis province was shelled by the...
Turkish security forces kills 16 PKK militants in clashes
The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that nine PKK militants were killed in Cizre, Sirnak province, and seven in Sur, Diyarbakir province.
The...
U.S and Turkey to find political solution against IS
"We do know it would better if we can reach a political solution but we are prepared, if that's not possible, to have a...
Oct. 7 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- Ten rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in southeastern Turkey near the border with Iraq on Wednesday, according...
3 soldiers perished, 6 injured in blast in eastern Turkey
Three soldiers of the Turkish security forces were killed and six others wounded in a bombing explosion in Bingol province in eastern Turkey on...
Aug. 7 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- At least two people were killed and 10 others injured on Friday in clashes between outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) members and...
July 27 world news summary at 0030 GMT
ANKARA -- Turkey scrambled several F-16 fighter jets on Sunday evening to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, local Dogan News...
Turkish forces kills five militants of PKK in a firefight
Five militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed Saturday in clashes with the Turkish security forces in Agri province of eastern...
Turkish airstrikes violate ceasefire – PKK
The armed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) says Turkish airstrikes against the militant group are a violation of a ceasefire in place since March last...
Kurdish forces need help of allied forces
Kurdish forces defending a besieged Syrian enclave of Kobane from the Islamic State jihadist group Monday said they were prepared for street fighting inside...
Syrian Kurdish Civilians Fleeing To The Turkish Border
Thousands of Syrian Kurdish civilians were fleeing to the Turkish border on Thursday as Islamic State jihadists advanced on a Kurdish enclave.
The militant group...
Top US Diplomat Summoned In Ankara
Turkey summoned the top US diplomat in Ankara on Monday after a newspaper report over the weekend claimed Washington was spying on its NATO...