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Clashes between Turkish forces and PKK in Cizre

Clashes between Turkish forces and PKK in Cizre
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At least 8 killed in Cizre clashes

Turkey steps up security operations in southeast, nine killed: The mainly Kurdish southeast has been beset by … https://t.co/JYEpvofwpt

— Turkey News Links (@dlturkeynews) 16 Décembre 2015

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Turkish security forces killed eight Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants as the army launched major operations backed by curfews against the rebels in the troubled southeast.

In the latest escalation of a five-month campaign against the outlawed PKK, the security forces targeted rebels in the southeastern towns of Cizre and Silopi.

Claims an 11-year-old boy was also killed have not been verified.

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