Kurdish women combat battalion form Syria

Just a few countries that put their military women directly in the forefront of economic. Israel has long had military personnel were women in the body of its armed forces. In the photos they were wearing M-16 A2 features-240 M grenade launcher. (veteranstoday.com)

... women played a major role in the fighting in Syria ... "

Beirut (AFP)-about 150 Kurdish women in the province of Aleppo, northern Syria, which has been wracked by war the combat battalion, formed a Battalion named Rokan Martyrs, said Syria Observatory for human rights.

"While women currently struggle with the rebels, pro-Government forces and Kurdish militia forces regime, this was the first female battalion as it was," said the Director of the Observatory, hemp Rahman.

The Observatory issued an amateur photo of the combat battalion consists entirely of the woman, standing in line in front of their female leaders, complete with a uniform group.

"Now that women play a major role in the fighting in Syria," said Abdel Rahman told AFP.

A battalion of women posted at Ifrin, where at the end of 2012 to be the Kurdish rebel violence against Arab fighters against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Bashar's forces pulled out from the region's Kurdish majority in 2012, and while the Kurds have been divided over the anti-insurgency regime in Syria, most have chosen to remain neutral in the conflict.

(H-AK)

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Turkey Kurdish guerrillas attack jets in Iraq

Diyarbakir, Turkey (Reuters)-Turkey sent several fighter jets across its borders with Iraq to attack the guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers ' Party (PKK), said a local military sources Thursday.

The Jets bombarded targets in the mountainous 12 Candlesticks in the autonomous community of Kurdistan, Iraq, on Wednesday, the source said told AFP without a description of the victim.

Office of the pro-Kurdish Firat News confirmed the incident, saying the attack aimed at the two villages and destroyed many farms and orchards.

The attack was carried out when peace negotiations began between Ankara and the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life in prison.

Turkey is hoping that negotiations will produce a cease-fire and an end to the Kurdish rebellion that has lasted almost three decades in the southeastern region of the country.

Last month, Turkey's army declared, they killed 14 guerrillas in the town of Hakkari, southeastern Turkey, when they were preparing to attack a border post. A soldier also died in Turkey clash that ensues.

Ankara declared, using the guerrillas hiding in northern Iraq to infiltrate Turkey and do second-half attacks-fled to the security forces.

Turkey Intelligence Agency began talks with PKK leaders again imprisoned, Abdullah Ocalan, late last year, with the main purpose of disarming rebels who use bases in Iraq as a place to launch attacks against security forces in the southeastern region of Turkey.

The justice and Development Party (AKP) which ruled stronghold of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkey to end the Kurdish conflict, which has lasted almost three dasarwarsa.

The fugitive Ocalan was arrested in Kenya on February 15, 1999 in a secret operation Turkey after he was exiled from Syria, where he was based for a decade to organize much of the PKK.

The initial verdict against Ocalan death sentence converted to life imprisonment sentence on a prison island off the coast of Istanbul since 2002.

Each year the Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police to protest Turkey's arrest of their leader.

Turkey, the EU and the u.s. considers the Kurdistan Workers ' Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization.

Turkey's military launched air attacks and ground operations are limited to the northern Iraq since August 2011 following the wave of attacks, the PKK guerrillas after the traffic-jammed a ceasefire before.

The PKK launched attacks from their hiding places in the remote mountains of Iraq as part of their war to gain greater rights and autonomy for the Kurdish population.

More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK took up arms in 1984.

(M014)

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Kurdish demonstrators were killed by their own granatnya in Southeast Turkey

Diyarbakir, Turkey (Reuters)-A 19-year old Kurdish man was killed Sunday when a late night grenade exploded in his hand during Assembly demonstration in southeastern Turkey, which has a Kurdish majority, said local authorities on Monday.

The man was among 100 protesters who gathered in the city of Diyarbakir to protest ahead of the commemoration of the anniversary of the arrest of the Kurdish leader 14, Abdullah Ocalan, in Kenya on February 15, the AFP report.

He was preparing to throw the grenade the police when the gun went off in his hand, said Diyarbakir's Governor Mustafa Toprak, was quoted as saying the Government television channel TRT.

"He also suffered wounds in his ear, which makes us think that the grenade exploded when he was trying to throw it," said Toprak.

However, a number of witnesses who cited the network of pro-Kurdish Firat News said, the man was hit by a police armored vehicle during the protests.

"I don't see it brings something in his hand. But (the police) vehicles were speeding down the road, melindasnya, "said a shop owner who witnessed the events.

The investigation about the death of these men will continue to be done, the Governor said.

Ocalan, who was then a fugitive arrested in Kenya on February 15, 1999 in a secret operation Turkey after he was exiled from Syria, where he was based for a decade to organize the workers ' Party of Kurdistan (PKK).

The initial verdict against Ocalan death sentence converted to life imprisonment sentence on a prison island off the coast of Istanbul since 2002.

Each year the Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police to protest Turkey's arrest of their leader.

Turkey, the EU and the u.s. considers the Kurdistan Workers ' Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization.

Turkey's military launched air attacks and ground operations are limited to the northern Iraq since August 2011 following the wave of attacks, the PKK guerrillas after the traffic-jammed a ceasefire before.

The PKK launched attacks from their hiding places in the remote mountains of Iraq as part of their war to gain greater rights and autonomy for the Kurdish population.

More than 40,000 people have died since the PKK took up arms in 1984. (M014)

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