Turkey kills 14 PKK fighters as crackdown against Kurds intensifies

 

At least 14 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) party have been killed by Turkish security forces in Sur and the towns of Cizre and Silopi in the south east.

 

A member of Kurdish militia fighting alongside government forces, was also killed in PKK clashes, an announcement on the General Staff website said.

 

The statement added that a total of 296 Kurds had been killed since December 14.

 

IRIB