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Eight soldiers were killed in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bomb attack in the southeastern province of Siirt.
PKK militants remotely detonated a bomb placed on the road linking Şirvan and Pervari districts during the passing of a military patrolling convoy. Several soldiers were also reported to be wounded.
Medical teams from Siirt and its environs were deployed to the area to bring the wounded soldiers to hospital.
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At least three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern district of Lice, adding to an already tense situation in the area.
Four Turkish soldiers suffered injuries when a clash broke out between security forces and PKK members on Tuesday afternoon in Diyarbarkır’s Lice district. The soldiers were taken to Diyarbakır Dicle University Hospital by helicopter. One of the soldiers, who was in critical condition, died of injuries sustained despite medical efforts, the military said.
Later on Tuesday, two more soldiers also surrendered to their wounds and died.
The military said reinforcement units, helicopters and a reconnaissance airplane have been dispatched to the area.
Three Turkish soldiers are killed and six others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Bingöl.Three Turkish soldiers are killed and six others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Bingöl, Doğan News Agency has reported.
The roadside bomb exploded Aug. 15 when an armored military vehicle was at the Karlıova town of Bingöl, the agency quoted initial reports.
Anadolu agency also said three soldiers died in the bomb attack as soldiers had clashed with PKK members who bid to check ID’s of travelers.
One of the fallen soldiers was a noncommissioned official as two others were specialized sergeants.
The security forces have launched an operation in the field to catch the attackers.
Three Turkish soldiers were killed in the attack Thursday morning a military convoy by Kurdish guerrillas in the southeast of the country, the military said in a statement.
The attack, in the border province of Sirnak, was the deadliest since the outbreak reported on July 20 a new cycle of violence.
She was awarded by the Army to the “separatist terror organization”, which refers to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Three soldiers, including an officer, were killed in the crossfire. A member of the rebellion was killed, the source said.
The military convoy was ambushed while conducting a “security operation” in the area, which is both border of Syria and Iraq. “Drones, helicopters and commando units were deployed to the scene of the attack,” the military said.
The Kurdish rebellion multiplies the actions of guerrillas since the attack Suruç (south) that killed 32 young activists of the Kurdish cause, while the Turkish Air Force daily target PKK bases.
STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh) President Bako Sahakyan on Friday visited the NKR Defense Army servicemen who were wounded while driving back the infiltration attempt by the adversary, and who are recovering at the Central Military Hospital of Artsakh capital city Stepanakert.
Sahakyan asked about the health of these soldiers and also spoke with their relatives, informed the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.
According to the President, the doctors are doing their best to improve the health of the wounded soldiers.
He also stressed that the entire Armenian nation is proud of their heroic soldiers, who continue the deeds of the older generation and selflessly defend the borders of the Motherland.
NKR Defense Minister and Defense Army Commander Movses Hakobyan, and Minister of Health Harutyun Kushkyan accompanied the President during the visit.
As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday at around 8:30am, on the NKR Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan) direction.
As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, the Armenian military position holders and the relief forces compelled the adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military position.
Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born in 1995) died and four others were wounded while confronting the adversary.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan bestowed posthumous awards upon the three fallen soldiers.
Over 80 instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani troops were reported at the line of contact with the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) armed forces on the night of March 6.
Azerbaijan fired 4500 shots from various caliber weapons, including type 60- and 80-mm grenade launchers, Istigal sniper rifles, machine guns, towards the Artsakh positions, the NKR defense army reports. The Azeri Armed Forces used a ZSU-23-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in the northern Shahmyan sector. report PanARMENIAN.Net
The Karabakh frontline units took steps to suppress the Azeri activity, disabling 3 rival soldiers and the ZSU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun.
In the same period, Karabakh defence army units were performing preventive operations in the north-eastern section of the line of contact. According to verified data, four servicemen of an Azeri special-purpose unit who entered the operating zone were exterminated, with no losses on Armenian side reported.
Clashes between the Lebanese army and Takfiri militants have claimed the lives of eight Lebanese soldiers near the Syrian border.
According to the Lebanese military sources, the bodies of three soldiers were discovered near the Lebanese village of Ras Baalbek close to the Syrian border on Saturday. report presstv
Five other soldiers were also reported to have lost their lives following fierce clashes with Syria-based Takfiri terrorists.
On Friday, the ISIL Takfiri terrorists launched a massive attack on Lebanon’s army positions near Ras Baalbek.
Ras Baalbek is located near the town of Arsal, where terrorists killed and kidnapped two dozen Lebanese soldiers in August 2014.
Over the past months, Lebanon has been suffering from terrorist attacks by Takfiri militants and random rocket attacks, which are viewed as a spillover of the conflict in Syria.
The violence fueled by Takfiri groups in Syria has claimed the lives of over 200,000 people since early 2011, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
Takfiri groups, with members from several Western countries, control parts of Syria and Iraq, and have been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.
Turkish authorities are denying reports that three soldiers guarding the Turkish-Syrian border were killed by gunfire from Syria, The Associated Press reported.
Turkey’s military said Tuesday that one of the soldiers shot and killed two of his colleagues before turning the gun on himself. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Turkish reporters during a visit to Warsaw that the soldier had a nervous breakdown.
Earlier reports said the soldiers patrolling the border near the town of Ceylanpinar were killed by shots fired from across the border in Syria. The Syrian side of the border is largely controlled by Islamic State militants.
“A terror attack or a cross-border attack is out of the question, according to the indications,” Davutoglu said.
Unidentified gunmen have reportedly killed three Turkish soldiers in the volatile southeast of the country.
The incident happened on Saturday in the Kurdish town of Yuksekova in Hakkari Province, bordering Iraq and Iran, according to Turkey’s semi-official Anatolia news agency.
The soldiers were shot to death from behind as they were visiting the town in plain clothes to buy electrical supplies for the military post where they served.
The soldiers were taken to the hospital but succumbed to their injuries.
The assailants escaped the scene of the attack, but a security operation is underway to arrest them.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but Turkish officials say militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), who have carried out similar attacks in the past, are the prime suspects.
The attack comes as Kurds in Turkey are angry at the government for preventing them from crossing into neighboring Syria to join the fight against ISIL terrorists in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
Ankara also refuses to intervene along its border with Syria where ISIL militants have besieged Kobani.
Turkish media reported on October 14 that the military had launched airstrikes on two PKK bases in the Daglica area in Hakkari Province.
The strikes reportedly followed three days of PKK shelling on a military outpost in the Kurdish-majority province near the Iraqi border.
The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s. The conflict has left more than 40,000 people dead.
The two soldiers Armenians killed there two days in Nagorno-Karabakh and a garrison in the Ararat region were not killed by the enemy. It seems that the two incidents that 
led to the death of these soldiers are partly accidental. The chief sergeant Nareg Boghossian found according Razm-info killed during an attempted attack against to neutralize the enemy on the night of June 19 to 20 at a border point near Mardouni (Nagorno-Karabakh). Armenian attack against this would also have caused several deaths in the ranks Azeris. But Baku, make up these facts and talking about incidents between soldiers took two dead and one wounded in the army. Also on June 20, on a basis to the Armenian-Azerbaijani south-western region of Armenia Ararat Armenian soldier died Grisha Khachatryan (20 years), victim border probably mishandling weapons , according to preliminary results of the investigation. Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, confirmed that Grisha Khachatryan is mortally wounded due to incorrect handling of his weapon.
Krikor Amirzayan