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WORLD NEWSWednesday 30 September
Clashes between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels kill about 60
SUZAN FRASER els were killed overnight ing a motorcycle fired on killed in airstrikes Friday ish southeast region while
Associated Press in a cross-border military a police vehicle outside a conducted by Turkish jets Turkish jets carry out air
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — operation in northern Iraq, hospital in Adana before against suspected PKK tar- strikes against PKK targets
Clashes between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Er- fleeing. gets in northern Iraq’s Gara in northern Iraq. The fight-
security forces and auton- dogan said during a meet- Turkey’s military, mean- region, a military statement ing with the PKK, which is
omy-seeking Kurdish rebels ing with dozens of district while, said six rebels of the said Tuesday, without elab- considered a terror orga-
have claimed nearly 60 administrators. Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or orating. The reports of PKK nization by Turkey and its
lives in the southeast and Kurdish militants killed two PKK, were killed Monday deaths couldn’t be verified Western allies, resumed in
across the border in north- police officers Monday in a clash with the security independently. July and comes as Turkey
ern Iraq, officials said Tues- night in the southern city forces in Hakkari province, Turkey’s security forces prepares to hold a new
day. of Adana. Gov. Mustafa near the border with Iraq. are battling the rebels in parliamentary election on
More than 30 Kurdish reb- Buyuk said assailants rid- At least 19 others were the country’s mainly Kurd- Nov. 1.q
Palestinians, Israeli forces clash amid holy site tensions
MAJDI MOHAMMED Paramedics help a wounded wounded Palestinian during flict. The Palestinians claim says there are no plans
Associated Press east Jerusalem, which was to change the arrange-
RAMALLAH, West Bank clashes with Israeli troops near Ramallah, West Bank, Tuesday, captured by Israel from ments. But calls by a group
(AP) — Palestinian demon- Jordan in the 1967 Mideast of religious Jews to visit the
strators clashed with Israeli Sept. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) war, as their future capital. site, coupled with periodic
troops across the West The compound is sacred Israeli restrictions on Muslim
Bank on Tuesday, while it says is aimed at easing ing stones, firebombs and to Muslims, who refer to it visits, have inflamed ten-
three tourists were lightly tensions. fireworks at Israeli police as Noble Sanctuary, the sions.
wounded by Palestinian The site has experienced outside. place where they believe Prime Minister Benjamin
stone throwers as tensions Islam’s Prophet Muham- Netanyahu said Israel is
remained high following repeated clashes over the The compound in Jerusa- mad ascended to heav- committed to maintain-
days of violence at Jeru- past two weeks as Palestin- lem’s Old City is a frequent en. ing the status quo at the
salem’s most sensitive holy ian protesters barricaded flashpoint and its fate is a The compound is also site and that it is the Pal-
site. themselves inside the Al- core issue at the heart of where the two biblical estinians who are breach-
The hilltop compound, re- Aqsa Mosque while hurl- the Israeli-Palestinian con- Jewish Temples stood, and ing the fragile agreement
vered by Jews as the Tem- is Judaism’s holiest site. there. “Israel wants peace
ple Mount and by Muslims Under a longstanding ar- with the Palestinian peo-
as the Noble Sanctuary, rangement, Jews are al- ple that unfortunately con-
was largely quiet Tuesday. lowed to visit but not pray tinue to spread crass lies
About 600 tourists and 100 there. about our policy on the
Israelis visited the site with- The Palestinians view such Temple Mount. I will de-
out serious incident. Israel visits as provocations, and mand an end to this wild
has barred Muslim men rumors have spread that incitement,” Netanyahu
under the age of 50 from Jews are planning on tak- said before leaving for the
entering the compound ing over the site, fueling U.N. General Assembly in
in recent days in a move the recent clashes. Israel New York.q
Yemen officials: Death toll from strikes on wedding at 131
AHMED AL-HAJ March, when the coalition Yemeni medical officials “To be honest it’s worse and largely populated by fisher-
Associated Press began launching airstrikes who work in the province worse...it’s beyond despair,” men and livestock traders.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The against Shiite Houthi rebels and have been neutral in said Boucenine, speaking “They struck a wedding,
death toll from Saudi-led and allied army units, who the conflict. They spoke on about the war. there were only civilians
airstrikes that hit a wedding control the capital and are condition of anonymity be- The Saudi-led and U.S.- there and most of them
party in Yemen has risen to at war with the internation- cause they were not autho- backed coalition apparent- died because the Mokha
131, making it the deadli- ally recognized government rized to speak to reporters. ly struck the wedding party hospital is closed because
est single incident since as well as southern separat- Hassan Boucenine, of the by mistake on Monday in of supply -- no drugs, no fuel,
the start of the country’s ists, local militias and Sunni Geneva-based Doctors al-Wahga, a village near no electricity, no nothing, so
civil war, medical officials extremists. At least 80 wom- Without Borders, called it the town of Mokha and the the staff left,” Boucenine
said Tuesday. The U.N. says en were killed in the wed- the deadliest single incident strategic Strait of Bab al- said. The provincial capital
at least 2,355 civilians have ding airstrikes in the cen- since the beginning of the Mandab, Yemeni security of Taiz was inaccessible due
been killed in fighting since tral province of Taiz, said conflict. officials said. The region is to ongoing fighting.q
