At least 14 people were killed, and five more were wounded in recent violence:
Turkish operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) in northern Iraq left six guerrillas dead. A Turkish soldier was also killed.
Clashes in Qara Tapa left one soldier dead and several more wounded. Three militants were killed.
A bomb wounded four security personnel in Daquq.
Gunmen wounded a soldier in Tarmiya. Two militants were killed. Security forces killed a militant in an orchard.