US EditionAt least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says
- Five Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with PKK militants in northern Iraq during a cross-border operation called "Claw-Lock."
- Turkey launched this offensive to prevent the PKK from carrying out attacks in Turkey using Iraq as their base.
- As part of the operation, 586 militants have been "neutralized," a term used to mean killed by the Turkish military.
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At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry said on Thursday that a spate of attacks the previous day and overnight by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq killed at least six Turkish soldiers. The attacks prompted retaliatory airstrikes that left four members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, dead on Thursday, according to a social media post shared later by the ministry. The violence is the latest in a monthslong escalation between…
At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says
FILE - Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says on Thursday, Aug, 10, 2023. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File) (Uncredited / Associated Press) At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara …
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