By Xinhua
Ankara : Some nine rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed during a clash with the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Tuesday.
Some three Turkish soldiers were killed and five others injured in an operation by the security forces in south-eastern province of Sirnak’s Bestler-Dereler region on Monday, said the statement.
Meanwhile, the security forces discovered various ammunition, foodstuff and medicines in hideouts belonging to the rebels.
Turkey has been fighting with the PKK, which took up arms in 1984 to establish an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey.
More than 30,000 people have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict between the Turkish army and PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey and the United States.