ANKARA (Sputnik) – Four Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were injured in a roadside bomb blast staged by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants on Wednesday in southeastern Turkey, the Daily Sabah, a pro-government national newspaper, said.
A counter-terror operation was launched following the attack.
Tensions between Ankara and the Kurds escalated in July 2015 when a ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK collapsed over a series of terror attacks allegedly committed by PKK members. Turkish forces are involved in anti-PKK raids across the country. Turkey has battled Kurdish fighters both at home and in neighboring Syria and Iraq.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its NATO allies, while Russia does not make this assertion.
