At least two Turkish soldiers have been killed and four others sustained injuries after a car bomb explosion near a military convoy in the country’s predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir.

According to Turkey's DHA News Agency, the bomb exploded when a military vehicle was passing by in the Lice district of the southeastern Diyarbakir province.

The convoy was on its way for a military operation in Diyarbakir, Turkish media said, adding that the army sent reinforcements to the area.

Turkey launched air and artillery attacks against ISIL terrorists in Syria and PKK militants in northern Iraq after at least 32 people were killed in a massive “terrorist” explosion in the Turkish town of Suruç, near the southern border with Syria, on July 20. The attack was attributed to the ISIL.

The PKK has declared that the group will no longer uphold a shaky peace agreement, reached in 2013 with Ankara, following the attacks.

The group has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead.

The Turkish government is said to be one of the staunch supporters of terrorist groups fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since 2011, with reports indicating that Ankara actively trains and arms the militants, and also facilitates the safe passage of would-be foreign terrorists into the Arab country.