5 Turkish soldiers killed in anti-PKK operation in N. Iraq: ministry

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5 Turkish soldiers killed in anti-PKK operation in N. Iraq: ministry

STORY: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in anti-PKK operation in N. Iraq: ministry DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the helicopter STORYLINE: Five Turkish soldiers were killed and two others injured on Tuesday in an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said. Three soldiers were killed and four wounded in a rocket launch attack by the PKK in the ongoing operation dubbed Claw-Lock, and two of the wounded later died at a hospital, according to a ministry statement. Meanwhile, Turkish security forces killed seven members of Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the ministry said earlier in the day. Ankara sees the YPG as the Syrian branch of the outlawed PKK. In April, Turkey launched the ground and air military offensive in northern Iraq against the PKK's targets in Metina, Zap and Avasin-Basyan regions. Turkey regularly conducts cross-border ope

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