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World / 25 October 2021
Nearly 40 PKK resistance fighters killed by Turkish chemical attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, group claims
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NEARLY 40 Kurdish resistance fighters have been killed in chemical weapons attacks during Turkey’s illegal six-month war in Iraqi Kurdistan, officials said today.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said that the Turkish state had resorted to the use of such tactics as it has been “unable to implement its occupation plan and has suffered defeat.

“As a result, the systemic crisis of the Turkish regime has worsened,” it said in a statement.

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