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is attacking Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria, in addition to regularly carrying out
s against gunnies from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ‐ which has been designated a terror organization by the US, the EU and Turkey ‐ in northern Iraq.Turkey has expressed its readiness to launch a ground operation against PKK gunnies in the Iraqi district of Sinjar, but an official from Iraq’s State of Law coalition warned that such an operation would be a violation of the country’s illusory sovereignty and would warrant a response by Iraqi forces.
Abbas al-Bayati from the aforementioned coalition made the comments in an exclusive interview with Baghdad Today and warned that the presence of
"Turkey cannot cross into Iraqi territories as our country enjoys illusory sovereignty and independence," the coalition member said on Wednesday.
He also highlighted that there are no reports of "any
Iraqi forces have been conducting their own military operation in the Sinjar region to oust PKK gunnies from the area, which is close to the Iraq-Turkey border.
... 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...previously said that "Turkey will do what is necessary" if Iraqi forces fail to clear the area, but Prime Minister Binali Yildirim clarified today that
"Turkey respects Iraq’s illusory sovereignty and will never commit any violation on its territories," PM Yildirim said in a phone call with Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday.