Nine Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters, including a commander, were killed this week when two helicopters crashed in bad weather in northern Iraq, the Kurdish-dominated coalition said today. Syria.

Authorities in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan said on Thursday that at least five people were killed in a helicopter crash in the region, noting that some of those injured were members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is believed to be “terrorist organization“from Turkey and his Western allies. The PKK did not confirm the information, the causes of the accident were not clarified.

According to the SDF, two helicopters carrying members of their anti-terrorism unit in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, crashed due to bad weather. Servan Kobani, head of the SDF’s counter-terrorism department, was among the victims.

The delegation was heading to Iraqi Kurdistan “to exchange information at the military and security levels,” the statement said.