Without citing its sources, Anadolu said that among those wounded was Nurettin Demirtaş, the brother of the co-leader of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas.
Ankara has launched a two-pronged anti-terror offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and the LEvant (ISIL) jihadists in Syria and the outlawed PKK militants in northern Iraq and inside Turkey after a wave of attacks in the country.
In the latest air strikes on July 31, 28 Turkish F-16s destroyed 65 targets of the PKK including shelters and arms depots, the report said. The heaviest air strikes were on July 30, when 80 Turkish aircraft hit 100 targets of the PKK, according to Anadolu.
"Up until now 260 terrorists have been rendered ineffective (killed) and 380-400 terrorists have been identified as injured, including the brother of Selahattin Demirtaş, Nurettin Demirtaş," Anadolu Agency said in its report, adding that the air strikes were expected to continue.
The Turkish government has so far refused to officially disclose casualty figures, with one official telling AFP that "this is not a football game."
Selahattin Demirtaş openly acknowledges that his elder brother Nurettin went to the Kandil Mountain in northern Iraq where the PKK's military headquarters are based.
- Demirtaş was asked about the report on Aug. 1.
- “I cannot confirm the Anadolu Agency report, because my brother is not in Kandil,” the HDP co-leader said.
- “My brother is not conducting a paid military service against [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] ISIL, he is resisting ISIL for the sake of his people,” he added.
Meanwhile, Turkish strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq killed at least six people on Aug. 1, AFP reported, citing local officials.
At around 4:00 a.m. Turkish warplanes struck the village of Zarkel, in the Rawanduz area east of Arbil, Nehro Abdullah, a local official told AFP, adding that two women were among six people killed in the raid, which he said completely destroyed several buildings.
He did not say whether the other victims were members of the outlawed PKK.
"We have received six bodies and eight wounded following the Turkish raids," Maqsud Ismail Omar, a doctor and the head of the health directorate in the nearby town of Soran, told AFP.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
1/8/15
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PKK: 260 Kämpfer bei türkischen Luftangriffen getötet...
ReplyDeleteDas türkische Militär setzt seinen Feldzug gegen die Kurdenorganisation PKK fort – und bombardiert offenbar auch ein Dorf im Nordirak. Die Zahl der Todesopfer steigt.
Die türkische Armee setzt ihre Angriffe auf Stellungen der Kurdenorganisation PKK fort. Dabei bombardierte die Luftwaffe offenbar auch ein Dorf im Nordirak. Sechs Menschen wurden bei dem Angriff getötet, darunter nach Angaben eines Arztes auch zwei Frauen. Ob es sich bei den anderen Opfern um Mitglieder der PKK handelt, blieb unklar.
Laut der halbstaatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu zerstörten zuletzt 28 türkische Kampfjets 65 PKK-Ziele, darunter auch Waffenlager.
Angesichts der massiven türkischen Luftangriffe forderte die irakisch-kurdische Regionalregierung die PKK-Rebellen auf, ihre Stützpunkte im Irak zu räumen. Damit solle der Tod von Zivilisten verhindert werden, heißt es in einer vom Büro des Präsidenten der autonomen kurdischen Region, Massud Barsani, veröffentlichten Erklärung.
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ReplyDelete“The PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) must keep the battlefield away from the Kurdistan region in order for civilians not to become victims of this war,” the office of the region's president Massud Barzani said in a statement.
He also condemned Turkey’s bombardment of Zargala village which he said had left a number of civilians dead a day earlier, and called for all sides to return to the peace process.
“We condemn this bombardment that led to the martyrdom of people from the Kurdistan region and call on Turkey not to bombard civilians again,” he said.
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ReplyDeleteDie massiven Angriffe der türkischen Luftwaffe auf PKK-Stellungen führen zu einem Riss im kurdischen Lager. Die Regierung des autonomen Kurdengebietes im Irak rief die PKK dazu auf, ihre Stellungen im Norden des Landes zu räumen. Damit solle der Tod weiterer Zivilisten verhindert werden.
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ReplyDeleteA tractor laden with explosives was driven at a military police station, a statement said.
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A Turkish state news agency, Anadolu, said the tractor was carrying two tons of explosives that were detonated by a suicide bomber.
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Three Turkish soldiers killed as PKK steps up attacks after air strikes...
ReplyDeleteKurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed two soldiers and wounded 31 in a suicide attack overnight in eastern Turkey, the army said on Sunday, as violence escalated following Ankara's air bombardment targeting Kurdish militants.
PKK militants drove a tractor filled with explosives into a military outpost in the Dogubeyazit district of the eastern Agri province bordering Iran, the army said in a statement.
Four of the wounded were in serious condition, it said.
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The PKK announced it was stepping up attacks in mid-July over what it said were ceasefire violations, but has responded with yet more violence since Turkey began a campaign of air strikes on PKK camps in northern Iraq on July 24, in what the prime minister has called a "synchronized fight against terror"..................reuters.com
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