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Seven Turkish Security Officers Killed in Clashes With Kurdish Militants

© AP Photo / Mahmut BozarslanTurkish police officers secure the area around a destroyed police station in Cinar, in the mostly-Kurdish Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey
Turkish police officers secure the area around a destroyed police station in Cinar, in the mostly-Kurdish Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey - Sputnik International
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At least seven Turkish security officers were killed and 20 were wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants in the eastern Sirnak province of Turkey, local media reported Sunday.

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General Staff: 6 Turkish Soldiers Killed, 8 Wounded in Clashes With Kurds
SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq), (Sputnik) – According to the Kurdish ANF news agency, clashes between the Kurdish Civil Protection Units (YPS) and Turkish servicemen erupted in five regions on Saturday night. The militants attacked the local police department and police barracks.

Two YPS fighters were killed in the clashes. According to the media outlet, the fighting is still taking place.

Tensions between Ankara and the Kurds escalated in July 2015 as fighting between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish army resumed. Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews in Kurdish-populated towns, preventing civilians from fleeing the regions where the military operations are underway.

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