{"id":6069,"date":"2025-07-08T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2025-07-08T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:36:59","slug":"pakistan-offers-condolences-over-death-of-12-turkish-soldiers-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/pakistan-offers-condolences-over-death-of-12-turkish-soldiers-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan offers condolences over death of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 : Pakistan on Tuesday extended heartfelt condolences to T\u00fcrkiye over the tragic loss of 12 Turkish soldiers who were martyred after exposure to methane gas during a military operation in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn that 12 Turkish soldiers were martyred after being exposed to methane gas during a search mission in the Claw-Lock Operation zone,\u201d Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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He prayed for Allah\u2019s mercy upon the martyrs and expressed profound sympathies with the bereaved families. The spokesperson also reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s unwavering solidarity with its \u201cbrotherly nation\u201d T\u00fcrkiye during this time of national mourning.<\/p>\n

According to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s state-run Anadolu news agency, the soldiers were conducting a search operation inside a cave located at an altitude of 2,795 feet in the Claw-Lock zone\u2014an area frequently used by militants of the outlawed PKK terror group\u2014when they were fatally exposed to toxic methane gas on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The tragic incident marks one of the deadliest non-combat losses for Turkish forces operating in the region, as Ankara continues its campaign against PKK elements in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 : Pakistan on Tuesday extended heartfelt condolences to T\u00fcrkiye over the tragic loss of 12 Turkish soldiers who were martyred after exposure to methane gas during a military operation in northern Iraq. \u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn that 12 Turkish soldiers were martyred after being exposed to methane gas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}