32 Kurdish Rebels Killed In Turkey : Report

Ankara, Oct 22: Turkish troops killed 32 Kurdish rebels as it besieged them in a valley near the Iraqi border, state-run television reported today, as hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern Iraq.

The rebels were killed in clashes in the Kazan Valley region, in Turkey’s Hakkari province that borders Iraq, TRT television reported, citing unnamed regional officials. There was no immediate confirmation of the deaths from the rebels.

Turkey on Wednesday launched massive anti-rebel offensives involving some 10,000 troops both in southeastern Turkey and across the border in Iraq.

The military operations began hours after 24 soldiers were killed by the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in the deadliest one-day toll against the military since the 1990s.


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