20 PKK rebels and soldier killed in Hakkari

One Turkish soldier was killed and six wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants in Turkey's Hakkari province.

Anadolu said Friday that 20 Kurdish fighters were also killed during the clashes that erupted during an operation targeting PKK militants in a rural area of Hakkari’s Çukurca district.

The Turkish Armed Forces announced that warplanes hit two PKK targets in an air operation conducted between 9.30 p.m. and 9.48 p.m. on September 1 in Çukurca.