Fighting between Kurd rebels and Turkish army ‘kills 19’

Turkey’s latest offensive against the PKK comes as Kurds in northern Syria are reported to have taken control of some regions as fighting escalates in the uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. (AFP)

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By AFP
Ankara

Fighting between Turkish soldiers and outlawed Kurdish rebels killed 19 people near the Iraqi border in the southeast of the country on Sunday, the local governor said.

Six soldiers, two village guards and 11 Kurdish rebels were killed following an overnight rebel attack on an army post in a village in Hakkari province which borders Iraq, governor Orhan Alimoglu told the Anatolia news agency.

Another 15 soldiers were wounded.


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