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

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

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

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas while searching a cave in northern Iraq, the Turkish ...

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after inhaling methane gas during a mission in northern Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of ...

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

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...

The incident took place during a mission to locate the remains of a Turkish soldier killed by the PKK. Turkey's pro-Kurdish ...

Turkey's Defense Ministry said five soldiers have been killed by methane gas in northern Iraq. They were searching a cave Sunday for the remains of a fellow soldier killed by Kurdish militants three ...

Eight Turkish soldiers died from methane exposure during a cave search operation in northern Iraq. The mission aimed to ...

Turkey says 12 soldiers have died after exposure to methane gas during a cave search operation in northern Iraq. It did not ...

Soldiers were conducting search operation Sunday in a cave used by PKK terrorists in Operation Claw-Lock zone, says National ...