YEREVAN. – Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the press secretary of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, continues publicizing the photographs of the Armenian military servicemen who have fallen as a result of the recent aggression by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Kurd Update: PKK killed Five Turkish security officials including two police chiefs and a major
Five security officials, including two police chiefs and a major, have been killed in an attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin amid ongoing security operations.
A chief of police, identified as Doğan Sakarya, was heavily wounded when PKK opened fire with Kanas-branded sniper rifles during an operation in Nusaybin’s Dicle neighborhood around 11:40 a.m. on April 7. The wounded officer was promptly taken to Nusaybin State Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries despite all medical attempts to save his life.
Two other officials, identified as Chief of Police Zafer Kurt and Mjr. Ahmet Karaman, were also killed after PKK militants detonated an improvised explosive device at 1:45 p.m. as clashes continued in the neighborhood.
Reports indicated two other security officials were killed in the operation and five others were wounded, although their identities have not been released yet.
Initial reports from the region suggested PKK escaped through tunnels they had opened inside the walls of neighboring houses.
Gendarmes and special operations police officers launched a joint operation to apprehend the fleeing militants.
Meanwhile, as anti-terror operations rage across Turkey’s southeastern provinces, Turkish warplanes hit targets belonging to the PKK in northern Iraq on April 6, the Turkish General Staff announced early April 7.
Karabakh Update: Azerbaijan violates ceasefire, Karabakh army serviceman killed
Karabakh army serviceman Armen Gasparyan (born in 1974) was killed on Wednesday in ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side.
The contract serviceman was killed from a mine thrower in north-eastern direction, Karabakh Defense Army army said in a statement.
As reported earlier, the parties decided to cease fire starting from 12:00 on Tuesday
Armenia unveils names of seven soldiers killed in Artsakh violence
Armenia’s Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan released the names of seven Karabakh soldiers, killed in the course of military actions in the conflict zones.
Among the fallen soldiers are Captain Hovsep Kirakosyan (b. 1988), Private Nodarik Margaryan (b. 1963), Private Sasun Mkrtchyan (b. 1989), Captain Armenak Urfanyan (b. 1990), Private Qyaram Aloyan (b. 1996), Sergeant Yuri Paramazyan, Major Hovsep Mayilyan (b. 1978).
On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.
As many as 18 Karabakh servicemen were killed and 35-40 were wounded in the course of military operations. A civilian, 11-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was also killed, with 6 other civilians, including two kids, wounded.
As of April 4, the Azerbaijani side has lost 20 tanks and over 5 armored vehicles, including an IFV, as well as 2 military helicopters and 3 unmanned aerial vehicles.
One Karabakh tank has been destroyed so far.
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The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan
The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.
Twelve Azerbaijani Soldiers Killed in Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes
Clashes in the disputed Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh have killed 12 service personnel of Azerbaijan’s armed forces, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Vagif Dargakhly told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
BAKU (Sputnik) — Tensions between neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian-held area flared after both nations accused each other of starting the fighting in violation of the 1994 ceasefire.
Armenian artillery fire reportedly downed an Azeri Mi-24 helicopter and destroyed a tank. No comment on casualties was immediately available from Armenian officials.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous area in Azerbaijan that is populated by Armenians and currently controlled by the Armenian government. The conflict broke out in 1988 when the region sought to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, before proclaiming independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. In September 2015, the conflict escalated, with the sides blaming each other for violating the truce.
The Armenian Defense Ministry published the photos of a downed Azerbaijani drone.
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Kurdish forces kiled Two Turkish soldiers & six wounded in the southeast Nusaybin district
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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed two soldiers, wounding six people, including journalists, in a bomb attack on a military vehicle in the Nusaybin district of Mardin, a southeastern province.
Specialist sergeant Gökhan Alıcı was killed at the scene, while specialist sergeant Emre Sarıtaş succumbed to his injuries at Nusaybin Hospital, where he was taken along with the other wounded.
A curfew has been underway in Nusaybin for the past two weeks and military operations against the militants continue in the district.
Meanwhile, Salih Zeki Çetinkaya, the local head of a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) district branch in the eastern province of Erzurum who was abducted by PKK March 29, managed to escape in the early morning on March 31 from a cave where he was being held.
The head of the İspir district ran away while the militants were sleeping, said the party’s Erzurum province head March 31, adding that he was in a good health.
Çetinkaya was abducted after his car was stopped by PKK when he was traveling from Erzurum to the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.
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Turkey: Kurdish forces PKK killed Three Turkish soldiers and wounding another 24, car bomb attack
DİYARBAKIR – Doğan News Agency,
Three Turkish soldiers were killed late on March 24 in an Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) car bomb attack in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Turkish General Staff has announced.
PKK attacked the Mermer Gendarmerie Post on the Diyarbakır Lice motorway at around 9:10 p.m. by detonating a bomb-laden car, killing three soldiers and wounding another 24, the General Staff said in a statement.
The wounded soldiers were immediately taken to hospital where their treatment is continuing, the statement added.
Russian Special Forces Killed in Syria Palmyra Operation
(sputniknews) report A Russian Special forces officer has died a hero in Syria during a target-designation mission near the city of Palmyra, a spokesman for the Russian military contingent at Hmeimim air base told reporters on Thursday.
The officer’s name, rank and the date of the accident remain undisclosed.
According to the spokesman, “the officer carried out a mission in Tadmor near Palmyra for a week, spotting crucial ISIL facilities and providing precise coordinates for Russian airstrikes,” as reported by RIA Novosti.
The spokesman stated that the soldier had been located and was surrounded by terrorists — and chose to draw their fire on himself.
“He died as a hero,” the spokesman said.
The presence of Russian special forces, conducting target designation missions, was earlier confirmed by Colonel General Aleksandr Dvornikov, a deputy commander of the Central Military District in Russia and chief of Russia’s campaign in Syria.
“I won’t deny that our Special Operations Forces (SOF) are deployed in Syria. They conduct ground reconnaissance of pre-selected targets for Russian warplanes, assist in targeting warplanes in remote areas and perform other tasks,” the general said. “Take into account,” he added, “that corresponding forces from the US and other members of the [US-led] coalition are performing similar missions in Syria.”
Moscow has acknowledged the deaths of 5 Russian military servicemen in Syria. The first was Vadim Kostenko, 19, who allegedly committed suicide because of a romantic attachment. On November 24, bomber pilot Oleg Peshkov died after being attacked by a US-made Turkish Air Force fighter jet. Alexander Pozynich, a marine who took part in Peshkov’s rescue mission, was killed by terrorists. On February 3, an unnamed military counselor was reported killed in a mortar attack. Also killed in a bombardment was Sergey Chupov, a soldier with the Internal Troops of Russia.
According to reports, the Russian Air Force stationed at Hmeimim conducted 41 sorties around Palmyra, hitting 146 terrorist military objects, between March 20-23. Over 320 militants, 6 command centers, and a number of vehicles were reported eliminated. Syrian troops on Thursday entered the ancient city of Palmyra, which had been controlled by Daesh since May 2015. Clashes were ongoing in the city at last report.
Three Terrorist State of Turkey soldiers killed Bomb attack in southeast
At least three Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion that ripped through their armored vehicle in the country’s restive southeastern Mardin Province, security sources say
Local security officials said on Monday that the incident took place in the southeastern town of Nusaybin near the border with conflict-stricken Syria as the convoy was passing through the volatile region.
No individual or group has yet claimed responsibility for the latest deadly attack, but members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been behind numerous similar attacks throughout the troubled region.
Security across Turkey has become fragile as a result of the country’s direct confrontation with Kurds inside and outside of the country.
Over the past months, Turkish military has been conducting offensives against PKK positions in the country’s largely Kurdish southern regions.
Turkish armed forces have expanded their war well beyond the country’s borders, chasing PKK forces into northern parts of Iraq, while shelling Kurdish parts of Syria as well.
The Ankara government has also been at loggerheads with Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) based in Syria, billing them as PKK allies.
The operations began in the wake of a deadly July bombing in the southern town of Suruc. More than 30 people died in the attack, which the Turkish government blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
The bombing prompted the PKK fighters, who accuse the government in Ankara of supporting Daesh, to react by attacking police and security forces.
The attacks against the PKK voided a shaky ceasefire declared in 2013 between the government and the militants, who have been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since 1980s.
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey recently estimated that 162 civilians have been killed in the restive regions placed under a government-imposed curfew since August 2015.
The Ankara government does not recognize the PKK and considers it a terrorist group, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likening it to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists who are wreaking havoc in some parts of Syria and Iraq.
Two Artsakh Soldiers Killed by Azerbaijani Fire
STEPANAKERT—The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army serviceman Private Artyom Arseni Varderesian (b. 1996) was killed by Azerbaijani fire on the Artsakh frontline at 2:55 p.m. on March 17. Later in the day, at around 5:30 p.m., another Karabakh soldier, Hovhannes Razmiki Harutyunyan (b. 1997), was killed by enemy fire.
According to press statements published by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry, investigations to determine the details surrounding these incidents are underway.
The Artsakh Defense Ministry expressed condolences to the families of Varderesyan and Harutyunyan, as well as the members of their units.
On March 17 and the early hours of March 18, the Azerbijani Army fired more than 600 shots from different caliber weapons. The Artsakh Army took retaliatory measures, according to the Ministry.
Last week, the Artsakh Army quelled a diversion attempt by the Azerbaijani Army that took place around 11:20 p.m. on March 10. According to the Artsakh Defense Ministry, the army pushed the Azerbaijani troops back to their positions, killing at least two and wounding several others; the Artsakh Army suffered no casualties.
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