4 Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants in Iraq

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4 Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants in Iraq

STORY: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants in Iraq DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of funeral of dead turkish soldiers 2. file of Turkish military operations in northern Iraq 3. various of Kurdish militants STORYLINE: Four Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said Monday. The clash took place on Sunday when Turkish security forces were conducting a search mission in a region where Türkiye was carrying out a cross-border operation, according to a ministry statement. Two soldiers were killed and four others injured in the clash with PKK militants in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, but two of the four injured later died at the hospital. Meanwhile, Vedat Aksac, who was a member of the PKK's "assassination team," and two other members of the group were killed in a Turkish operation in Khalifan, a town in the nort

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