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Iraq
Suspected Turkish airstrikes damage homes in Erbil village
2021-10-06
[Rudaw] Suspected Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) caused material damage in a village in northern Erbil province on Tuesday morning, a local official told Rudaw. There are no reports of casualties.

Ottoman Turkish warplanes struck the border of Sidakan sub-district "targeting a PKK headquarters," said Sidakan Mayor Ihsan Chalabi.

A second strike hit the outskirts of Bola village, causing material damage, Chalabi added.

Hakim Yaseen is from Bola village. He was not at home this morning but his family told him that there was a lot of damage to houses in the village and trees were burned.

"This was the fifth or six such attack in these areas," Yaseen said. "The explosion was very strong. All the shrapnel and rocks hit the village."

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
frequently carries out cross-border ground and air offensives against alleged positions of the PKK, an gang fighting for greater rights for Kurds in Turkey and has bases in the Kurdistan Region. Ankara considers it a terrorist organization. In April, Turkey launched the twin operations Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt in northern Duhok against the PKK.

Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
also targets Kurdish opposition groups within the Kurdistan Region’s borders.

There have been more than 400 military incursions into the Kurdistan Region so far this year, endangering innocent civilians, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) coordinator for international advocacy Dindar Zebari said on September 22, without naming any nation or group. Sidakan was one area of concern where Zebari said airstrikes and artillery fire have hit in populated areas.

Civilian populations and the environment have been severely damaged by the Turkey-PKK conflict. Thousands of acres of land have been scorched, and people’s houses and livestock have been hit.

Landmines are also a hazard in the Sidakan area. One person was injured in a kaboom in April.

The KRG has repeatedly called on Turkey to respect its illusory sovereignty and for the PKK to cease using Kurdistan Region territory to launch attacks on its neighbor.
Related:
Kurdistan Workers'' Party: 2021-10-02 Turkey set to clear over 80,000 mines on Iran border
Kurdistan Workers'' Party: 2021-08-05 Four family members killed in Syria by Turkish forces
Kurdistan Workers'' Party: 2021-06-22 Turkish high court accepts indictment against Kurdish party
Related:
Northern Erbil: 2021-09-30 Iran builds military outpost on Cheekha Dar mountain, highest peak in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Northern Erbil: 2020-08-22 Turkish military vehicle targeted in Kurdistan Region’s Sidakan area: sources
Northern Erbil: 2019-06-24 Turkish artillery strikes suspected PKK positions in Zakho
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