{"id":26122,"date":"2017-04-06T05:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=26122"},"modified":"2017-04-06T05:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:30:34","slug":"turkish-warplanes-strike-kurdish-militants-eight-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/turkish-warplanes-strike-kurdish-militants-eight-killed.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants, eight killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants, eight killed<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants, eight killed:-&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Turkish F-16 warplanes launched air strikes on Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing eight of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a provincial governor&#39;s office said.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">PKK militants had opened fire on Turkish soldiers at a military outpost near the Iraqi border in the mountainous Cukurca area, triggering a clash between the two sides, the Hakkari governor&#39;s office said in a statement.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">It said the Turkish military had sent a drone to the area which located the militants, before the F-16 jets carried out their strikes. One Turkish soldier was wounded in the clash and taken to hospital for treatment.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">More than 40,000 people have been killed in the PKK&#39;s insurgency, launched against the Turkish state in 1984. Turkey, the United States and European Union have designated the PKK a terrorist group.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Since the collapse of a two-year ceasefire in July 2015 the mainly Kurdish southeast has suffered some of the worst violence since the conflict began.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:10px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-turkey-security-kurds-idUSKBN1780E1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/turkish-warplanes-strike-kurdish-militants-eight-killed.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants, eight killed Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants, eight killed:-&nbsp;Turkish F-16 warplanes launched air strikes on Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing eight of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a provincial governor&#39;s office said. 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