...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
festivities continues as a civilian was killed in a suspected
in Sherwan Mazin, Erbil Governorate while looking for rhubarb. In a separate incident, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was allegedly shot down by the PKK in Amedi district, Dohuk Governorate.A statement by Major Saadun Hawdyani, spokesperson for Soran district police, revealed that a 60-year-old retired Peshmerga named Kazim Ali Faqo from Pendro village went missing in Sherwan Mazin on Tuesday, May 14; he was later confirmed dead.
Hawdyani's statement warned locals to always avoid areas that have seen festivities between the PKK and the
Adil Sherwani, a local of the area, said that Lazim left home looking for rhubarb in the morning. Suspicions were raised when he failed to return in the afternoon.
He said it was the PKK that notified locals that Faqo had died due to a
Sherwani bore witness to airstrikes that persisted in the area throughout Tuesday morning and afternoon.
He believes Faqo may have wandered into a Kurdish Regional Government-designated prohibited zone. Suspected to contain PKK fighters, civilians are warned to stay away from these areas.
On the same day, a
The action was followed by airstrikes by
Today's incidents form part of a recent increase in PKK-Turkey festivities. On May 5, a PKK attack killed three
After decades of conflict, the PKK and
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
it collapsed for various reasons in 2015, resulting in renewed festivities. With the PKK's headquarters located in the Kurdistan Region’s Qandil mountains, fighting spills over the
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil has repeatedly called on the PKK to withdraw from the Kurdistan Region in order to protect the civilian population. The Iraqi government in Baghdad has condemned
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi is making his first official visit to Turkey today, meeting with
... 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.... At his weekly presser in Baghdad on Tuesday, he said that "not letting its [Iraq's] soil be used to attack neighboring countries" and "what neighboring countries do on Iraqi soil in consultation with Iraq" would be among the topics of discussion with Erdogan, in reference to PKK-Turkey festivities within Iraqi borders.