4 Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq
ANKARA (AA) – Four Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq while conducting an operation to clear the area of “terror elements”, the National Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Infantry Specialist Sgt. Harun Yildirim and Infantry Specialist Sgt. Savas Borlu were killed during clashes with “terrorists” in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the ministry said on Twitter.
Later, the ministry said that two of the four injured soldiers, Command Sgt. Major Gokhan Agil and Infantry Specialist Sgt. Fatih Kalkan died at the hospital.
The operation in the region is ongoing, the statement added.
Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock in April to target the PKK group’s hideouts in Iraq’s northern Metina, Zap and Avasin-Basyan regions near the Turkish border.
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