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

Turkey said on Monday that a dozen soldiers had died of methane gas poisoning after being exposed to the substance while ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture revealed that increased water flows from Turkey will allow for the expansion of ...

Turkey’s Defense Ministry says seven more soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, raising the death toll to 12 ...

The troops had been deployed to locate the remains of a comrade who was killed in a clash with Kurdish militants more than ...

Turkey and the PKK have waged a 40-year conflict that has often spilled over into Iraq and Syria, with an estimated 40,000 ...

ANKARA — At least 12 Turkish soldiers died from methane gas poisoning in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said a delegation had met President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the disarmament process of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and had conveyed its ...

The conflict, which began in 1984, has cost more than 40,000 lives. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Tuesday received Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Baghdad, discussing security issues. Kalin relayed a message ...

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

The planned weapons handover marks a major step in Turkey’s quiet bid to end the PKK’s decades-long insurgency and secure ...