Turkish strike kills Iraqi border guards, Iraqi military says

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near the Iraqi city of Qaim at the Iraqi-Syrian border on November 11, 2018. Iraqi troops reinforced their positions along the porous frontier with neighbouring war-torn Syria, fearing a spillover from clashes there between Islamic State group and US-backed forces. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed two members of Iraq’s border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in, the Iraqi military said.

The attack took place in the Sidakan area in northeastern Iraq, near the Turkish and Iranian borders, the military said in a statement, calling the attack “flagrant aggression”.

It did not elaborate.

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