The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that an officer and a soldier were killed and 3 others were wounded in an attack by militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on one of the Turkish army units in charge of operations Claw Lock in northern Iraq.

The Turkish Defense Ministry stated in a statement today, Thursday, that Lieutenant Fatih Ugur Altin Bash and Sergeant Kemal Ozak were killed after their unit, stationed in northern Iraq, was attacked by militants affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party.

The Turkish defense added in its statement that 3 soldiers were also wounded during an exchange of fire with the Kurdish militants.

It is noteworthy that the Turkish defense had announced earlier that six officers and 35 soldiers had been killed in its operations against the PKK militants in northern Iraq, bringing what the Turkish defense officially announced in terms of the losses of the Turkish army in the operations of what it called / Claw Lock / the killing of seven officers and 36 soldiers and wounding 45 others since it began its operations on April 18th of last year./ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency