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Turkish jets kill 13 PKK militants: army

The Turkish army says its jets killed 13 people it called PKK militants in the country's southeast.

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Turkish warplanes have killed 13 suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, military sources say.

They said the rebels were spotted by drones in the Lice region. Warplanes on Saturday also struck PKK targets in the provinces of Siirt and Hakkari and in some areas of neighbouring northern Iraq where the PKK has bases, the army said.

Two soldiers were killed and four injured in clashes with PKK militants in Hakkari province on Friday, the army also said.


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