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’s Operation Claw on Kurdistan Region soil continues to rise.
The five fighters, including one woman, were killed on June 2 during PKK-Turkey festivities in Khuakurk, Erbil governorate near the Turkey-Iraq-Iran border, the epicenter of Operation Claw, according to the statement.
The PKK’s armed wing has in recent days accused the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of acting in "very serious" complicity in the large-scale
"If the South [Kurdistan Region of Iraq] authorities choose silence in this attack, then it likely means they are in agreement," Murat Karayilan, head of the PKK’s armed wing, told Firat News Agency.
In recent months, the KRG in Erbil and Iraqi central government in Baghdad have both called on Ankara to halt its military incursions while simultaneously and repeatedly demanding PKK withdrawal from their territory.
Karayilan also warned that offensives close to the border will not isolated in nature, instead forming part of a wider
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home to a significant Turkmen population and often viewed as an extension of Turkey’s national imaginary, fall under
Currently headquartered in the Qandil mountains in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, just south of Khuakurk, the PKK has fought a decades-long armed struggle against the
Earlier this month, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi met with
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While Turkey has repeatedly launched cross-border incursions and bombing raids against the PKK, Operation Claw is an escalation of unprecedented scale and extent.
Having entered its tenth day, the offensive shows no sign of abating. Turkey's Defense Ministry today announced the killing of two PKK fighters, bringing the corpse count to 46.
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Peshmerga fighters have also been caught in the crossfire of PKK-Turkey festivities during the Operation, with three maimed ‐ one critically ‐ when
Operation Claw is targeting suspected PKK positions using a wealth of weaponry, including fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, artillery, ground forces and even the first reported use of a