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

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

ANKARA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of Turkish soldiers killed by methane gas exposure during a cave operation in northern Iraq has risen to 12, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Monday.

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

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Movement (DEM) party is meeting President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the ...

Twelve Turkish soldiers died after being exposed to methane gas during a search mission in northern Iraq. The operation, linked to the Claw-Lock campaign against the PKK, saw soldiers trapped in a ...

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

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party will meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, seeking to move along a peace process between ...

Nineteen soldiers were exposed to methane while they were searching a cave, the authorities said. Twelve soldiers have died ...

The incident took place during a mission to locate the remains of a Turkish soldier killed by the PKK. Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party will meet with Erdogan to discuss a peace process with the PKK.

Eight Turkish soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning during a cave search operation in northern Iraq, according to ...