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Iraq
Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over cross border airstrikes
2018-12-15
[ALMASDARNEWS] Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
’s ambassador Fatih Yildiz to protest against an alleged violation of the country’s airspace by a Ottoman Turkish aircraft and conducting Arclight airstrikes on several sites in northern Iraq.

The strikes, which allegedly targeted Kurdish militia positions, led to a "loss of life and property", according to an official statement by the ministry.

"Such acts violate Iraq’s illusory sovereignty and security of citizens and are unacceptable on all levels, contrary to the principles of good-neighborliness that bind together the two countries", statement said.

Earlier, media reported that Ottoman Turkish forces had conducted airstrikes on PKK positions in Iraqi Kurdistan on 14 December, which resulted in the death of 8 members of the group, considered to be a terrorist organization by Ankara.

Turkey hasn’t commented on the reports of airstrikes or violations of Iraq’s airspace.
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