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2023-08-27 Iraq
Turkish soldier killed in explosion in northern Iraq, Turkey bombards border villages in revenge
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Erkan Selçuk, a Turkish soldier, was killed in an improvised explosive device explosion in northern Iraq , the Turkish Defense Ministry said on August 26.

According to the Turkish side, Private Selcuk was seriously injured in the explosion of an explosive device planted in the zone of the Claw-Castle operation.

The incident occurred the day before, on August 25, the wounded was taken to the hospital.

“Private Erkan Selçuk could not be saved, despite all the measures taken, he died,” the Turkish military department said.

Turkey launched Operation Claw-Castle in Iraqi Kurdistan in northern Iraq. The Turkish military has been conducting it against the PKK (Iraqi Kurds) since April 17 last year.

As IA Regnum reported , on August 25, a police officer died in Istanbul during an operation to arrest a gang of drug dealers. Another law enforcement officer was injured.

Turkey bombards Duhok province following death of soldier

[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish army on Saturday bombarded bordering areas in Duhok province following the death of one of its soldiers in the province, a villager told Rudaw.

The Ottoman Turkish defence ministry on Saturday said in a statement that one of its soldiers was injured by an improvised bomb in Duhok province on Friday and succumbed to his wounds the next day.

The explosion took place in a bordering area where a Ottoman Turkish military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is ongoing.

Kiyan Abdullah, a resident of Kani Masi subdistrict in Amedi town, told Rudaw on Saturday that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
bombarded several villages in the area from midnight to 9:00 am.

The bombardment did not cause any casualties but has spread fear in these villages.
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