SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Turkish soldier was killed on Thursday during a military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region, Turkey’s defense ministry said.
The Turkish defense ministry said in a statement that the soldier was killed as a result of “harassment fire opened by the separatist terrorist organization” on Thursday.
That brings the number of Turkish soldiers killed in the region to six since Tuesday.
In April, Turkey launched a new ground and air campaign in the Kurdistan Region, targeting PKK positions.
Dubbed Operation Claw-Lock, Ankara says the offensive is a measure to prevent the PKK from using Iraq as a base to carry out attacks in Turkey.
