...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
claims to have "neutralized" dozens of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas since festivities escalated this week on Mount Khakurk, Kurdistan Region. The PKK says it has killed at least a dozen
Turkey launched Operation Claw on May 27, targeting PKK positions inside the Kurdistan Region, close to its border with Turkey and Iran.
Hukusi Akar, Turkey’s defense minister, visited
There, he said
The
A further 25 PKK fighters have been neutralized in separate
The operation has utilized fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, artillery, and ground forces. It centers on Mount Khakurk in the northern part of Erbil province.
Recent footage captured by locals showed great plumes of smoke rising from the mountainside. Ankara is widely reported to have targeted PKK positions with a domestically-build ballistic missile.
In a statement published Monday, the Peoples’ Defence Forces (HPG), the armed wing of the PKK, said its fighters had killed 12
A "considerable number" of
One
The PKK, an gang fighting for greater political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey, has fought a decades-long war with the
The group uses the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a safe haven. It is currently headquartered in the Qandil Mountains.
Turkey has repeatedly launched cross-border incursions and bombing raids targeting the group in violation of Iraq’s illusory sovereignty.
Civilians are routinely caught in the crossfire. Villagers in Duhok stormed a
s killed six civilians. Both Erbil and Baghdad have called on Ankara to halt its attacks and demanded the PKK withdraw from their territory.
Iraqi President Barham Salih "stressed the need to safeguard Iraqi illusory sovereignty and rejected any unilateral military action beyond Iraq’s borders," when he met with his
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...in Istanbul last week.