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Five Turkish soldiers killed by methane poisoning in northern Iraq Turkey’s Ministry of Defense reported that 19 soldiers were poisoned by methane gas while conducting a search operation inside a cave in Iraq. Five of them died. The troops were searching for the body of a pic.x.com/3UHzEtI5ty

"Five Turkish soldiers have died after exposure to methane gas on Sunday while searching a cave in northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan) for the remains of a fellow soldier killed by Kurdish militants in 2022, the Turkish Defense Ministry said." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/06/turkey-methane-gas-cave-iraq-soldiers/b889d00a-5a7d-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html#:~:text=ISTANBUL%20%E2%80%94%20Five%20Turkish%20soldiers%20have,the%20Turkish%20Defense%20Ministry%20said. pic.x.com/q7OeHpTUlI

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani extended his condolences to Turkey following the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers who succumbed to methane gas exposure in the northern Duhok province, according to a statement from the Region’s presidency. www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/080720252

The remains of Turkish soldiers who died in the mountains of the Kurdistan Region due to methane gas exposure were returned to their hometowns during a ceremony held in Hakkari on Monday. Twelve soldiers lost their lives in the incident, and several others were injured. pic.x.com/odtkt53iPc