DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey near the borders with Syria and Iraq, the local governor’s office said on Thursday.
Three militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were “neutralized” in the fighting, the Sirnak governor’s office said in a written statement.
It said the soldiers were maintaining security for state energy company Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) near the town of Silopi in Sirnak when the clash broke out on Wednesday.
The militants had previously been spotted by a drone in the same area, it said.
The PKK, designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and European Union, launched an insurgency against the Turkish state in 1984. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Three Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants
Three Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants
- The Turkish soldiers were guarding state energy company Turkish Petroleum
- The Kurdish militants were spotted by a drone in the same area earlier
Hezbollah expresses ‘solidarity’ with Iran, doesn’t say if it will act
- Hezbollah said the consequences of the US-Israeli plan would “affect everyone”
- “We are confident that the American and Israeli enemy will receive a major blow”
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah expressed solidarity with Iran on Saturday as it came under attack from the United States and Israel, warning in a statement of dire consequences for the region without saying whether it would get involved.
Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim militia and political party that has fought numerous conflicts with Israel since being established by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982, was severely weakened by Israel in a war in 2024, when its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed.
Israel had warned Beirut that it would strike Lebanon hard, targeting civilian infrastructure including the airport, if Hezbollah involved itself in any US-Iran war.
In a statement, Hezbollah said the consequences of the US-Israeli plan would “affect everyone without exception if left unchallenged.” “We are confident that the American and Israeli enemy will receive a major blow,” it said.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he would not accept anyone dragging Lebanon into “adventures that threaten its security and unity,” a veiled message to Hezbollah.
