Methane gas inside northern Iraq cave kills 12 Turkish soldiers
Soldiers died from gas exposure during a mission to recover a Turkish soldier missing in the cave since 2022.
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Soldiers died from gas exposure during a mission to recover a Turkish soldier missing in the cave since 2022.
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