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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attempted to attack several targets inside and south of the capital of the southern Turkish province of Sirnak with seven small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Turkish sources revealed on November 10 Cemal Acar @Acemal71 Replying to @Acemal71 # BREAKING Local sources say # PKK attacked with 4 # UAV |s in Turkey's border city Şırnak. The attack thwarted by Turkish security forces. The UAVs were carrying bombs and nails. 74 10:52 AM - Nov 10, 2018 48 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Experts said that the UAVs used in the attack are a modified variant of the X-UAV mini-Talon, which is a commercial drone. A small explosive payload and an enhanced GPS antenna were likely installed in the drones in order to turn them into precision-guided suicide UAVs. A day later, the PKK claimed responsibility for the attack attempt in an official statement. The Kurdish group di...

Israeli forces cross a street during clashes with Palestinian protestors at Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on December 29, 2017. (Photo by AFP) UPDATE:  The IDF confirmed casualties among its personnel. Israel Defense Forces ✔ @IDFSpokesperson During IDF special forces’ operational activity in # Gaza , an exchange of fire broke out, during which an IDF officer was killed and an additional IDF officer was moderately injured. 667 00:46 - 12 Nov 2018 Twitter Ads information and privacy 717 people are talking about this Twitter Ads information and privacy The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades launched at least 17 projectiles at targets northeast of Gaza. 3 of them were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome. *** On November 11, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades [the military wing of the Hamas Movement] announced that a unit of Israeli special forces had assassinated one of its senior commanders i...