The media center of the HPG issued a statement on Wednesday saying its fighters engaged in an activity against Turkish army in Barzan area at 6:30 a.m. in the morning on Tuesday, NRT reported.

HPG announced destroying three positions of the Turkish army and killing five Turkish soldiers.

The three-decade armed struggle by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) against the Turkish government flared up again in 2015 after the collapse of a two-year cease-fire and settlement process, plunging Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast back into open conflict between Turkish security forces and the PKK.

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