Qatar News Agency
August 14, 2008 Thursday 2:24 PM EST

Armed clashes between Turkish Army, Kurdish rebels

Istanbul, August 14 (qna) — Bloody confrontations broke out between
the Turkish Army and Kurdish rebels in the north of the country,
Turkish security sources said Thursday.

According to NTV news channel, the clashes broke out when the Turkish
Army began hunting down elements of the separatist Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) in Gursun governorate, northern Turkey.

PKK elements managed to escape through the country boarders to
Armenia, it said.

Meanwhile, NTV said reconnaissance aircrafts were monitoring the
Kurds’ movement on the borders with Armenia, confirming that vicious
confrontations took place over the past few hours. (Qna)