Rebels kill five soldiers in Iran

Baghdad, Jul. 28 – Members of the Kurdish rebel group PKK have killed five Iranian soldiers in the northwest of the country, Kurdistan Television reported on Thursday.

The clashed took place near the town of Qal’eh Rash in Iranian Kurdistan Province.

Three other soldiers were injured, according to the report.

The PKK has announced that four of its members were also killed in the fighting.

Kurdistan Television also said that 10 Turkish soldiers were killed and fifteen others injured in separate clashes in the Kurdish region of Wan in Turkey.