Kurdish PKK Fighters Obliterate Turkish Army Vehicle, Kill 12 Soldiers

Kurdish PKK Fighters obliterate a Turkish army vehicle from a distance. This operation was carried out by the HPG on August 19 in the Serwan district in the Siirt province in South-Eastern Turkey (North-Kurdistan). 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in this attack. Countdown to explosion at 01:50. The HPG (People's Defence Forces) is the armed wing of the revolutionary Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) movement. The PKK has increased its operations in by Turkey occupied North-Kurdistan after the Turkish state violated the cease-fire agreement. The Turkish state has been aiding ISIS (Islamic State) for the past several years and with that directly contributed to the massacre of thousands of civilians, most of them Yezidi Kurds. The PKK has been fighting against Turkish oppression of the Kurds and other ethnic and religious minorities for the past 30 years. The Turkish army killed tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians during this period. Many countries, including Russia and China, refuse to list the PKK as a terrorist organisation. The only countries that have listed this revolutionary Kurdish movement as such are close allies of Turkey, or NATO members. Members of the European Parliament have questioned the listing of the PKK as a terrorist organisation since no proper justification or prove was given for its listing in the first place. The PKK was only listed because of Turkey's extensive lobbying. The YPG, which is the Syrian branch of the PKK, has been crucial in the fight against the Islamic State. Over 100,000 Yezidi and Christian civilians were saved by the YPG and the PKK - while the Turkish regime continues with aiding ISIS.