Three Kurdish Rebels Killed in Turkey
Turkish troops killed three Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey overnight, local security sources said on Saturday.
The army launched an operation against militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a rural area near Lice on Friday night, they said.
The fighting lasted around four hours, they added.
Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey and much of the international community, the PKK took up arms for Kurdish independence in southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking a conflict that has claimed some 45,000 lives.
Source: Agence France Presse
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