PKK assault leaves 3 soldiers dead in southeast Turkey: Army
An attack by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed the lives of three Turkish troops in the country's southeast, the army says.
The army said that “three … personnel - one officer, one non-commissioned officer and one private - were killed, in a PKK assault in the province of Sirnak on Thursday.
The military convoy came under attack in the Akcay district of Sinrak, which borders both Syria and Iraq, the army added.
It added that "drones, helicopter gunships and commando units” were dispatched to the scene of the incident.
One PKK fighter was also killed in Thursday’s clashes and operations in Sirnak, the army said.
The incident comes against the backdrop of renewed violence between Turkish forces and the PKK, whose elements have long been engaged in militancy in southeastern Turkey.
Late Wednesday, a policeman and a civilian lost their lives in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir in an attack blamed on the PKK.
Turkey recently launched airstrikes allegedly against the PKK bases in northern Iraq as well as positions held by the Takfiri ISIL terrorists in Syria after a deadly bomb attack which left 32 people dead in the southwestern town of Suruç, across the border from the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
Turkey’s new approach toward ISIL militants comes as Ankara is considered to be one of the main supporters of the foreign-backed militants fighting to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since 2011.
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