Four killed in clashes between Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga - security sources

FILE PHOTO: Iraqi security forces stand guard near the Peshmerga statue following violent clashes between ethnic groups, in Kirkuk, Iraq, September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Two Iraqi soldiers and two fighters of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces were killed on Sunday as the two sides clashed in a mountainous northern area, Iraqi and Kurdish security sources said.

Iraqi Prime Minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces Mohammed al-Sudani ordered forming a high-level committee to investigate, a military spokesperson for Sudani said in a statement.