Almost 30 PKK Members Killed in Clashes With Gendarmerie in Eastern Turkey

At least 29 members of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed during a counter-terrorist operation in Turkey's eastern Agri province led by the Turkish Gendarmerie General Command, local media reported Friday, citing a statement.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Three Turkish soldiers and a village guard were also killed in the clashes, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The operation was reportedly launched after three trucks had been set fire on a motorway.

Tensions between Ankara and the Kurds increased in July 2015 when a ceasefire between Turkey and PKK, a group outlawed in the country, collapsed over a series of terror attacks allegedly committed by PKK members.

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