A Turkish soldier was killed fighting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq on Monday.
The soldier died when the PKK attacked Turkish forces doing a road patrol in the Hakurk area, Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported. Hakurk is near the Turkish border in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry identified the soldier as Sgt. Halil Celebi, who was a member of the infantry, according to the statement.
The PKK fights for greater Kurdish rights in Turkey. It has long based itself on the mountainous border between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Turkey. Both Turkey and the United States consider the PKK a terrorist group, and Turkey regularly conducts operations against the group in northern Iraq and northeast Syria.
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New Zealand to accept alleged Islamic State militant, 2 kids
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New Zealand to accept alleged Islamic State militant, 2 kids
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, a woman, who was identified only by her initials S.A., one of three New Zealand nationals, is escorted by a Turkish police officer, left, to the local courthouse in Hatay, Turkey. New Zealand on Monday, July 26, 2021 agreed to repatriate the alleged Islamic State militant and her two young children, who have been detained in Turkey since February. (DHA via AP, File)AP
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand on Monday agreed to repatriate an alleged Islamic State militant and her two young children, who have been detained in Turkey since February.