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Turkish airstrikes fuel fires in northern areas of Kurdistan Region
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish warplanes repeatedly bombed a village in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region near Amedi on Tuesday, causing fires as they targeted suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions.

Nine Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s fell on Pirozana, a village in the Amedi district of the Duhok Province, starting at 10:30 a.m., according to mukhtar Isaa Hussein.

"We are urging The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
 to stop its airstrikes. We are farmers and poor people who only want to live our lives," Hussein told Rudaw, adding that the PKK should likewise "avoid our region."

The airstrikes did not cause any casualties, but did result in material damage, according to Hussein: "Orchards and groves of our villagers caught fire."

The mayor of Amedi Ismael Mustafa told Rudaw that firefighters had not been able to put out the fires because of ongoing strikes as of mid-afternoon.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
 a resident who wanted to remain anonymous for his safety said the Ottoman Turkish airstrike targeted a PKK vehicle 200 meters from the village, killing two people. Rudaw could not independently confirm his claim. Mukhtar Hussein called on both Turkey and the PKK to take their fight else

Pirozana is just two kilometers south of Amedi. The area is close to the Iraq-Turkey border.

Turkey has repeatedly conducted airstrikes against alleged PKK targets near Amedi as part of its Operation Claw targeting the group, which began in May. The second phase of the operation intensified this month.

Amedi authorities told Rudaw earlier this month that six civilians have been killed and 11 injured in 2019 by Ottoman Turkish airstrikes.

Around 360 villages ‐ mostly around Amedi ‐ have been evacuated because of the fighting, according to Mayor Mustafa.
Iraqi News adds:
Ottoman Turkish fighter jets neutralized three Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) faceless myrmidons during a counter-terrorism operation in northern Iraq, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Arclight airstrikes were carried out in the Avasin region in coordination with Turkey’s ongoing military offensive Operation Claw, Ottoman Turkish daily Yeni Safak quoted the ministry as saying on Twitter.

The airstrikes also destroyed weapon emplacements and shelters used by PKK terrorists, the ministry added.
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-31
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