• 3 minutes e-car sales collapse
  • 6 minutes America Is Exceptional in Its Political Divide
  • 11 minutes Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient
  • 6 mins GREEN NEW DEAL = BLIZZARD OF LIES
  • 5 days The United States produced more crude oil than any nation, at any time.
  • 10 days e-truck insanity
  • 9 days Oil Stocks, Market Direction, Bitcoin, Minerals, Gold, Silver - Technical Trading <--- Chris Vermeulen & Gareth Soloway weigh in
  • 5 days How Far Have We Really Gotten With Alternative Energy
  • 8 days James Corbett Interviews Irina Slav of OILPRICE.COM - "Burn, Hollywood, Burn!" - The Corbett Report
  • 8 days The European Union is exceptional in its political divide. Examples are apparent in Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, Netherlands, Belarus, Ireland, etc.
  • 10 days Biden's $2 trillion Plan for Insfrastructure and Jobs
  • 10 days "What’s In Store For Europe In 2023?" By the CIA (aka RFE/RL as a ruse to deceive readers)
Biden Administration's SPR Plans Derailed by Oil Price Surge

Biden Administration's SPR Plans Derailed by Oil Price Surge

The Biden Administration cancels planned…

U.S. Drilling Activity Continues to Drop Off

U.S. Drilling Activity Continues to Drop Off

The total number of active…

3 Bomb Attacks in Turkey Kill 11, Injure 300

Three bomb attacks this week in Turkey have led to 11 fatalities and 300 people getting injured, local media report.

The attacks, all in the eastern part of the country, were all targeted against security forces personnel. Two of the attacks occurred at police stations, in Elazig and Van, and one was a roadside bomb attack on a military vehicle in the province of Bitlis.

This latest attack was the smallest in scope, but still ended with five soldiers dead and four wounded. The soldiers were returning from a clash between army forces and PKK – the Kurdistan Workers’ Party that Ankara has been fighting for decades. In the clash itself, one village guard was killed and a soldier was wounded.

On Thursday, a car bomb blew up the police station in Elazig early in the morning, killing three officers and injuring 2017, of them 145 still in hospital. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told media that there was no question that PKK was behind the attack.

The first attack took place on Wednesday in Van and again involved a car bomb set by the police station. This one resulted in three people killed and at least 73 injured. Again, the authorities said that the attack was the doing of the PKK.

Clashes between Turkish security forces and the PKK have increased in frequency over the last year, after a ceasefire between Ankara and the Kurdish organization fell through and militant activity resumed.

In a bid to curb opportunities for bomb-making, the country earlier this year introduced new, stricter rules for using liquefied gas cylinders – a common fixture in many households in that part of the world. In addition to online tracking of consumption and the introduction of QR codes and serial numbers, the authorities also instituted a temporary suspension on fertilizer sales (ammonium nitrate is easy to obtain and make bombs with) and obliged gas cylinder users to return the empty one when they need a full cylinder.

By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com

ADVERTISEMENT

More Top Reads From Oilprice.com:



Join the discussion | Back to homepage



Leave a comment

Leave a comment

EXXON Mobil -0.35
Open57.81 Trading Vol.6.96M Previous Vol.241.7B
BUY 57.15
Sell 57.00
Oilprice - The No. 1 Source for Oil & Energy News