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PKK: 12 Turkish soldiers and policemen killed in response to attacks on civilian Kurds

August 22, 2014 By administrator

August 22, 2014

QANDIL,— The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said in a statement on Thursday that its guerrilla forces had carried out a series of retaliatory actions on Wednesday evening in response to the attacks in Lice in southeastern Turkey where a civilian was killed by Turkish troops after the demolition of a statue of Mahsum Korkmaz, Agit, a leading commander of PKK, at the “Şehîd Amed u Hevîdar Şehitliği” (Martyrs’ Cemetery) on August 19. Report by ekurd.com

PKK said a total of 9 Turkish soldiers and policemen were killed in guerrilla actions in Karaz (Kocaköy) village of Diyarbakir in Turkish Kurdistan, and 3 soldiers were killed in Lice.

According to the statement, the first retaliatory action was carried out in Karaz village of Diyarbakir where guerrilla forces deployed in three separate positions targeted the police headquarters, military lodging and district governor’s residence on August 20 evening. PKK remarked that following the guerrilla action, in which 9 soldiers and policemen were killed, the Turkish military delivered the casualties to Diyabakir.

Another action PKK said- targeted the Angul military post’s security hill, leaving one soldier dead the same day.

The statement remarked that Kurdish guerrilla forces also carried out an attack withwww.Ekurd.net heavy weaponry on the Korxê military post in Lice district on August 20. Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the guerrilla action.

PKK noted that guerrillas also carried out a warning action against the Turkish army which -it added- didn’t fulfill what is necessary for the resolution process- hitting the Amutka military post under construction in Aliboğazı area in Dersim the same day. The exact number of casualties couldn’t be made clear, PKK added.

Turkey is seeking to restart stalled peace talks with the PKK to end a conflict that has claimed an estimated 40,000 lives.

Erdogan, who was elected president this month, launched clandestine negotiations with jailed Kurdish PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 2012.

In a statement from his cell on the prison island of Imrali, Ocalan said last Saturday that Turkey was on the verge of “historic developments” and that the conflict was “coming to an end”.

Last week, Ocalan met chief of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), Hakan Fidan, in his island prison. Sources said Ocalan received positive responses to his demands related to the “establishment of a monitoring board and negotiation delegations, as well as the improvement of working conditions,” sources said.

Since it was established in 1984 the PKK has been fighting the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of Kurds, with the aim of creating an independent Kurdish state, but now limited its demands to to establish an autonomous Kurdish region and more cultural rights for ethnic Kurds.

Diyarbakir, Kurdish protester killed in clashes with Turkey police

August 19, 2014 By administrator

A Kurdish protester has reportedly been killed and two others wounded during violent clashes with Turkish security forces in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir.

Turkish media reported on Tuesday that the clashes broke out at a cemetery near the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, where Kurdish protesters had gathered to prevent police from removing a statue of Mahsum Korkmaz, one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Korkmoz was among the members who carried out the first PKK attacks against Turkish military posts three decades ago.

Reports say a 24-year-old man was injured by gunfire during the clashes and later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital.

On Monday, a court in Diyarbakir ruled that the statue must be demolished two days after it was erected in the province and sparked outrage in the country’s political circles.

The clashes took place a day after Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, welcomed the start of a political process to resolve differences between Ankara and the group and said the PKK’s decades-long war with the Turkish government is coming to an end.

The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead.

In March 2013, Ocalan declared a historic ceasefire after months of negotiations with the Turkish government. In return, the PKK demanded amendments to the penal code and electoral laws as well as the right to education in the Kurdish language and a degree of regional autonomy.

source: presstv.com

150 Kurdish Peshmerga forces killed, 500 injured in battle with ISIL according to KRG

August 8, 2014 By administrator

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) On Friday the Chief of Staff to the President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Dr. Fuad Hussein, said that 150 Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers were killed and 500 were wounded in battles with the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL.

Dr. Hussein said in a joint press conference in Erbil, with Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, attended by IraqiNews.com that “Peshmerga forces provided 150 martyrs during the battles fought by the organization with Daash (also known as ISIL)” and added that “the number of the wounded from the Peshmerga during those battles reached 500.”

Hussein added that Kurdish “Peshmerga forces are currently battling ISIL but there is a disparity in weapons used,” explaining that “ISIL used tanks and artillery, which it acquired from Iraqi forces.”

Iraq: 40 Yazidi children reported dead after jihadist attack

August 5, 2014 By administrator

Agence France Presse

BAGHDAD: Forty children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on the Sinjar region, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Tuesday.

“According to official reports received by UNICEF, these children from the Yazidi minority died as a direct consequence of violence, displacement and dehydration over the past two days,” a statement said.

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) jihadist group that controls much of northwestern Iraq took over Sinjar Sunday, which had been under the control of Kurdish troops.

The town, near the Syrian border, is a hub for Iraq’s Yazidis, a very closed community that follows an ancient faith rooted in Zoroastrianism and referred to by jihadists as “devil worshippers.”

Sinjar was also a temporary home for thousands of displaced people from other minorities, such as Shiite Turkmen who had fled the nearby city of Tal Afar when ISIS launched its offensive on June 9.

The attack on Sinjar sent thousands of people running from their homes in panic, some of them scurrying into the mountains with no supplies.

“Families who fled the area are in immediate need of urgent assistance, including up to 25,000 children who are now stranded in mountains surrounding Sinjar and are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including drinking water and sanitation services,” UNICEF said.

Pictures posted on the Internet by members of the Yazidi community show little clusters of people gathering on the cave-dotted flanks of a craggy canyon in the Sinjar mountains.

Yazidi leaders and rights activists have said the very existence of the multi-millennial community on its ancestral land was at risk as a result of the latest violence and displacement.

Armenian serviceman killed in Karvachar

August 4, 2014 By administrator

An Armenian serviceman was killed on Monday in Karvachar Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a source at Defense Minister told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The native of Partizak village of Aragatsotn Region, 40-year-old Aram Grigoryan was married and had three children.

During the recent days, Azerbaijani military units carried out several reconnaissance and sabotage attempts, but were thrown away. Official Baku admitted over 20 servicemen were killed.

Another Azeri cross-border attack leaves Armenian soldier killed

August 2, 2014 By administrator

The Azerbaijani armed forces attempted to cross the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh army in the northeast direction overnight, killing one Armenian soldier, the NKR defense army press office reported.

The attack was immediately rebuffed, with the rivals suffering losses and leaving the armament and equipment at the site.

The NKR army said at least 3 Azeris were killed and 7 wounded.

Armenian serviceman Zorik Gevorkyan, 25, was posthumously honored with an order For Courage by Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan.

Sabotage attempts by the Azeri forces were also prevented at other sectors of the contact line. No casualties from the Armenian side were reported. The information about Azerbaijani losses is being clarified.

source: PanARMENIAN.Net

Two Karabakh soldiers killed in Azeri attack

July 31, 2014 By administrator

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Azerbaijani armed forces attempted Thursday, July 31, to attack the defense positions of a Nagorno Karabakh military unit located in the northern direction of the contact line, killing two soldiers of the NKR army.

The attack was rebuffed, with the rivals suffering heavy losses. Investigation is under way, the army’s press office reported.

Azeri saboteur, Armenian officer killed during shootout at Karabakh border

July 12, 2014 By administrator

July 12, 2014 – 13:39 AMT

An Azeri saboteur was killed during an attempt to cross into Karabakh in the Karvachar area, Defence Minister stated during a military parade to mark the 17th anniversary the 4th army corps formation.

According to Seyran Ohanyan, an Armenian officer and a woman were killed during the shootout.

On July 10, Armenian forces curbed a sabotage attempt as Azeris tried to infiltrate the border in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s Karvachar area, the NKR defense army press service reported. As a result of prompt actions, Azeri diversion group was discovered, with several saboteurs arrested, while the others fled the site.

No injuries on Armenian side were reported.

Later, the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry has unveiled photos of the Azerbaijani saboteur captured on July 10.

“Unwilling to accept reality, Azerbaijani propaganda denies any information that reveals its true face. Since reliability of the photos we had released was disputed, we also present the photos of Guliyev Shahbaz Jalaloglu, a captured member of the subversive group, which we have taken ourselves,” a statement by the NKR Defense Ministry said.

Armenian military serviceman Movses Gasparyan, 20, received a fatal bullet wound in an Azeri sniper attack on July 11.

Gasparyan was fatally wounded at a military base stationed in the south-eastern region of the line of contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijani armed forces.

An investigation is being carried out to find details of the incident, the Karabakh Defense Ministry said.

Source: PanARMENIAN.Net

2 Armenian soldiers killed on border and frontline with Azerbaijan

June 20, 2014 By administrator

June 20, 2014 | 11:54

YEREVAN. – Two Armenian military servicemen have died on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

The Armenia defense minister’s press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As per Hovhannisyan, the first incident occurred on Thursday at a military base of a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic military unit, and the second took place in Armenia’s Ararat Region.

The names of the dead soldiers are yet unknown.

Artsrun Hovhannisyan added that according to preliminary data, the soldiers were killed by the adversary’s bullets.

Turkey, Teenage Kurd killed in clashes in Adana

June 16, 2014 By administrator

A 15-year-old Kurdish teenager has been killed in clashes between police and protesters in the Turkish city of Adana.

The teen reportedly died on Sunday during a demonstration held against the construction of new military posts in the southern Turkish city.

According to reports, the teenager was hit in the head by a stun grenade fired by security forces.

Several demonstrations have been held in Kurdish-majority areas over the construction of new army posts, which are considered by some as a threat to the peace process between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

On June 6, two Kurdish protestors were killed during clashes between protesters and security forces in Lice, in the southeastern Diyarbakir Province, where the government is constructing military barracks.

The deaths sparked demonstrations across Turkey. Diyarbakir has been a scene of protests against the Turkish government for the past few days.

Also on Sunday, dozens of Kurdish protesters took to the streets in Istanbul to express their anger at the killing of the two Kurds.

The government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is holding peace talks with the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party to end a 30-year conflict. The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead. The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by many countries.