SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Turkish soldier was killed in a rocket attack on a military training camp in Nineveh province, where Turkish troops are stationed, Turkey’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.
The Turkish defense ministry said three rockets fired towards Bashiqa base in northern Iraq on Wednesday night, one of which landed inside the base.
The other two rockets fell inside a village near the camp, the defense ministry said in a tweet.
The attack killed a Turkish soldier in the camp and wounded a child living in the village, the ministry added.
Iraqi media cited security sources as saying that a young woman was killed after one of the rockets landed in the village of Zlikan, east of Mosul.
Turkey has troops in Iraq both as part of a NATO contingent and a force that has attacked the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The rocket attack came shortly after a drone rigged with explosives hit a U.S.-led Coalition base at Erbil international airport.
The Iran-backed militias oppose both the presence of the United States and Turkey and demand a full withdrawal of all foreign troops.
*This story was updated at 12:05 a.m. (EBL time) on Thursday
