The troops were searching a mountain cave when 19 of them were exposed to the gas, according to Turkey's Defense Ministry.

Turkey’s Defense Ministry says seven more soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, raising the death ...

Turkey says 12 soldiers have died after exposure to methane gas during a cave search operation in northern Iraq. It did not ...

Turkey and the PKK have waged a 40-year conflict that has often spilled over into Iraq and Syria, with an estimated 40,000 ...

ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said a delegation had met President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the ...

The conflict, which began in 1984, has cost more than 40,000 lives. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ANKARA — At least 12 Turkish soldiers died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said ...

The troops had been deployed to locate the remains of a comrade who was killed in a clash with Kurdish militants more than ...

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas while searching a cave in Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence said.

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died from methane gas exposure while searching an Iraqi cave during an anti-PKK operation.

Five Turkish soldiers died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in caves in northern Iraq on Sunday, the defence ministry said. The incident comes […] ...

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas while searching a cave in Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of ...