PKK Rebels Shot Down Turkish UAV (Video)

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A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

A video, showing an unidentified-type unmanned aerial vehicle of the Turkish army that was shot down on July 17, was published online by rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Sunday.

According to the rebels, the Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles were hit with heavy weapons in the area Martyr Rüstem in Zap region on July 17. The rebels also noted that were two UAV, one of them was shot down, while another one was damaged.

However, the Turkish government denies this information.

The third phase of the Kurdish-Turkish conflict between the Turkish government and various Kurdish insurgent groups started in late July 2015, after a failed two and a half year long peace process, whose purpose was settlement of the long-standing conflict.

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