(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, AUGUST 21 - Seven hundred seventy-seven
members of Kurdish rebel group PKK have been killed and 750
wounded in the past month in operations in southeastern Turkey
and in air raids in northern Iraq, said state press agency
Anadolu on Friday, citing military sources.
Four hundred thirty Kurdish militants were killed in air raids in the mountains of northern Iraq, where PKK has several strongholds, and about 450 were wounded. Eighteen were killed in the latest air attacks overnight Wednesday, in Karacali on the Turkey-Iraq border.
Bombings on PKK began July 24, immediately after the start of Turkish air operations against ISIS positions in Syria. The operations came following the jihadist suicide bombing in Suruc, in which 33 Turkish activists headed to Kobane were killed.
Since then, dozens of raids have been launched across the Turkish border, mainly against PKK and only three officially against ISIS.
Another 260 PKK members were killed and 300 wounded in ground operations in southeast Turkey. Fifty members of Ankara's security forces were killed in clashes or PKK attacks.(ANSAmed).
Four hundred thirty Kurdish militants were killed in air raids in the mountains of northern Iraq, where PKK has several strongholds, and about 450 were wounded. Eighteen were killed in the latest air attacks overnight Wednesday, in Karacali on the Turkey-Iraq border.
Bombings on PKK began July 24, immediately after the start of Turkish air operations against ISIS positions in Syria. The operations came following the jihadist suicide bombing in Suruc, in which 33 Turkish activists headed to Kobane were killed.
Since then, dozens of raids have been launched across the Turkish border, mainly against PKK and only three officially against ISIS.
Another 260 PKK members were killed and 300 wounded in ground operations in southeast Turkey. Fifty members of Ankara's security forces were killed in clashes or PKK attacks.(ANSAmed).
