Three Turkish soldiers were killed and six others were injured when a group of terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a group of troops in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Friday night. report Zaman

According to initial reports, PKK terrorists attacked the soldiers during an operation in the Dağlıca region of the Yüksekova district. Three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the ensuing clash, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement released later on Friday night.

The violence is the latest in a wave of fighting between Turkish security forces and the PKK after Ankara last month launched a military crackdown on both the PKK and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).