Thursday, 1 October, 2015
The Turkish Army announced in a statement on Wednesday that its warplanes bombarded 24 terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in Dağlıca and Yüksekova, Hakkari province, in southeast Turkey after two soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate ambushes by the PKK in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari and Kozluk, Batman province, on Tuesday evening.
According to a statement in the website of the General Staff, storage facilities and shelters of the PKK were destroyed during the bombing. One terrorist was also killed and two more surrendered themselves to Turkish armed forces, the statement said.
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Wednesday, 30 September, 2015
The Russian Air Force has begun carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry said.
“In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, warplanes of the Russian Air Space Forces today [Wednesday] have started an aerial operation, involving pinpoint strikes on ground targets of Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] terrorists in Syria,” spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said.
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Tuesday, 22 September, 2015
Two leaders of Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in France, Spanish state-run news agency Efe reported Tuesday, citing a spokesman for Spain‘s paramilitary police unit Guardia Civil.
David Pla and Iratxe Sorzabal were captured in the south-western French town of Saint-Jean-de-Pied-de-Port near the border with Spain, in a joint operation by French and Spanish police.
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Tuesday, 8 September, 2015
Turkish warplanes launched a massive air operation early on Sept.8 against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, killing as many as 40 militants, the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) said.
More than 50 Turkish jets were involved in the six hours of raids, killing “35 to 40 terrorists according to preliminary findings”, AA said.
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Sunday, 6 September, 2015
PKK terrorists targeted Turkish soldiers in a landmine attack late Sunday in the town of Dağlıca of Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province, wounding and killing several soldiers, according to security sources.
The incident took place on a road in the town of Dağlıca Sunday evening, as two armed vehicles belonging to Turkish soldiers were crossing.
14 soldiers were killed in the attack, reported Reuters and added that more casualties are feared, although Turkish security officials have not released an official statement yet.
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