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A soldier has lost his life in an armed conflict between the security forces and the PKK in Turkey’s eastern province of Hakkari.

Doing his mandatory military service in Afyon, M.A. has allegedly committed suicide with his infantry rifle during guard-duty.

Government Spokesperson Bozdağ has stated that during the Afrin operation, 42 soldiers have lost their lives and 202 soldiers have been wounded. Bozdağ has also said that missile attacks have claimed the lives of seven people in Turkey and have injured 125 others.

Gendarmerie Noncommissioned Officer İşcan lost his life when an engineering vehicle drove over an improvised explosive device as it was minesweeping in al-Bab.

Three soldiers of whom one was first lieutenant have been killed in the conflict erupted between security forces and YPS members in Mardin’s Dargeçit district.

During operations conducted in Cizre and Sur, two soldiers have been killed in the attack carried out by members of YDG-H.

A soldier has lost his life due to an attack by members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement in the city centre of Şırnak province.

In Şırnak where the curfew has entered its seventh day, five civilians have been shot to death, three others have lost their lives due to an LPG explosion and one soldier killed during armed conflict.