According to preliminary information, the militants belonged to the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party, which managed to bypass the Turkish border control by Iraq. During the shootout with the militants, five servicemen of the Turkish side were wounded. The attackers used a grenade launcher and a machine-gun installation, the number of injured by the attackers is unknown.

The injured were taken to the military hospital in Hakkari.

Recall that since the beginning of the ground operation "Olive Branch", conducted by the Turkish army in Syrian Africa, 700 militants were eliminated. Within the framework of Operation Olive Branch, the Turkish Air Force destroyed 22 terrorist sites PKK / KCK / PYD-YPG and IGIL.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", earlier the Turkish forces were attacked from the territory of Syria by the PKK.