Turkish construction workers kidnapped in Iraq

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Turkish authorities are in contact with their counterparts in Iraq and are investigating who is behind the kidnapping of 18 construction workers in Baghdad.

In addition to this, a Turkish soldier went missing late on Tuesday following cross-border fire from Islamic State-held territory in northern Syria which left one other soldier dead.

According to Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus, no contact has been established with the missing soldier.