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2019-08-04 Iraq
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Christians evacuating their villages due to Turkish bombardments
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[Rudaw] Around 10 Christian villages in the northern Kurdistan Region have been evacuated due to frequent and increasing Ottoman Turkish bombings targeting apparent Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions.
Rudaw visited Christian villages in the Kani Masi District, where some homes are locked up and abandoned. There are 25 such villages in the district, including 10 or so evacuated ones, according to district officials. One local told Rudaw the PKK should leave the area.
"PKK better to go back to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, and fight against the Ottoman Turkish army inside Turkey, and leave Kurdistan region for peace," said Shlimon Aseel from the village of Duri, where 15 of the 40 homes have been evacuated.
The PKK is a Kurdish krazed killer group that has fought the Ottoman Turkish state for decades for greater autonomy for Turkey’s Kurds. Ankara considers the PKK a terrorist group and regularly strikes apparent targets of the group in the Kurdistan Region. The PKK is based in the Qandil mountains along the Turkey-Iraq border.
PKK fighters are present in the areas around the city of Amedi where Kani Masi is. The area is in the Duhok Province amd close to the Ottoman Turkish border. Most Christians in the there identify as ethnic Assyrians.
Sarbast Sabri, the head of Kani Masi District, says the Ottoman Turkish Arclight airstrike
 ...KABOOM! ...
s hit the district on a daily basis, and negatively impact the lives of civilians.
"Civilians in the area are living in continuous panic, due to the Ottoman Turkish bombardments and PKK movements in the areas of Kani Masi," he told Rudaw.
Civilians are frequently caught in the crossfire between Turkey and the PKK, and people empty the villages to escape the fighting.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has repeatedly asked PKK fighters to stay away from populated areas and villages. Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has also voiced concerns to Turkey over civilian deaths resulting from Turkey’s airstrikes.
Baghdad has likewise called on Turkey to end its attacks,while simultaneously demanding the PKK leave their territories.
Turkey launched Operation claw in late May to drive the PKK away from its border with the Kurdistan Region. 
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