DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Three Turkish troopers had been killed in a conflict with Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey close to the borders with Syria and Iraq, the native governor’s workplace mentioned on Thursday.
Three militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Employees Occasion (PKK) had been “neutralised” within the combating, the Sirnak governor’s workplace mentioned in a written assertion.
It mentioned the troopers had been sustaining safety for state power firm Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) close to the city of Silopi in Sirnak when the conflict broke out on Wednesday.
The militants had beforehand been noticed by a drone in the identical space, it mentioned.
The PKK, designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the USA and European Union, launched an insurgency in opposition to the Turkish state in 1984. Greater than 40,000 individuals have been killed within the battle.