ISTANBUL — Three
Turkish soldiers serving in
northern Iraq as part of operations against Kurdish militants were killed
Tuesday, the defence ministry announced.
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Another four soldiers were wounded during fighting, said
the ministry statement, which did not say where the clash took place.
Turkey’s official news agency Anadolu said the Turkish
soldiers had clashed with fighters from the
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),
which Ankara and its western allies say is a terrorist organisation.
Ankara has launched a series of operations against PKK
fighters in Iraq and Syria, the latest one in northern Iraq beginning in April.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that
Turkey would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria which he
said was designed to create a 30km (19-mile) “security zone” along their
border.
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