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70 killed in major anti PKK operation
(MENAFN- Arab News) DIYARBAKIR: Seventy suspected members of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in a vast operation against the group in the mainly Kurdish southeast over the past four days the army said Saturday.
Eight PKK rebels have been killed since Friday taking the death toll in the unprecedented offensive by the army and police on pro-PKK bastions in three towns and cities to 70 the army said on its website.
The army said it had also carried out airstrikes Friday on PKK 'hideouts' and 'weapons sites' across the border in northern Iraq where the outlawed group has its rear bases.
A Turkish soldier was killed in the operations Saturday bringing the death toll on the army side to two.
Some 10000 troops backed by tanks have been deployed in the south-east to try rout young PKK supporters from urban areas according to local media.
The operation which has targeted the towns of Cizre and Silopi in Sirnak province as well as a neighborhood in Diyarbakir the largest city in the region began on Wednesday according to the army.
Eight PKK rebels have been killed since Friday taking the death toll in the unprecedented offensive by the army and police on pro-PKK bastions in three towns and cities to 70 the army said on its website.
The army said it had also carried out airstrikes Friday on PKK 'hideouts' and 'weapons sites' across the border in northern Iraq where the outlawed group has its rear bases.
A Turkish soldier was killed in the operations Saturday bringing the death toll on the army side to two.
Some 10000 troops backed by tanks have been deployed in the south-east to try rout young PKK supporters from urban areas according to local media.
The operation which has targeted the towns of Cizre and Silopi in Sirnak province as well as a neighborhood in Diyarbakir the largest city in the region began on Wednesday according to the army.
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