Baku-APA. According to initial reports, PKK terrorists attacked the soldiers during an operation in the DaÄŸlıca region of the Yüksekova district. Three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the ensuing clash, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement released later on Friday night, APA reports quoting today’s zaman.
The violence is the latest in a wave of fighting between Turkish security forces and the PKK after Ankara last month launched a military crackdown on both the PKK and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).