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An unidentified drone attack has killed a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and injured another near northern Iraq's Sulaimaniyah.

Bese Hozat, a senior leader of the PKK, stated, "We voluntarily destroy our weapons as a step of goodwill and determination," during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah.

Twelve Turkish soldiers have died after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search operation in northern Iraq, confirmed by the Defence Ministry. Nineteen troops were exposed to the gas, with five casualties on Sunday and another seven succumbing the following day.

SDF leader Mazloum Abdi expressed that while he welcomed Abdullah Ocalan's call for disarmament, the SDF would not disarm and that Ocalan's decision does not apply to Syria.