...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...has breached 105 kilometers deep into the Iraqi borders, setting up over a hundred military outposts and five bases, read an Iraqi defense ministry report to the parliament on Saturday.
The Iraqi parliamentary meeting on Saturday discussed the latest
"In today’s parliamentary meeting, the defense ministry read a report about the
Dubardani added that the report indicated that the
Turkey launched its latest operation dubbed Operation Claw-Clock on April 18 targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) hideouts in the mountainous areas of Metina, Zap, Avashin, and Basyan in Duhok province. The operation is the fourth stage of Ankara’s Claw operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region, with the first stage starting in 2019.
The PKK is an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey and designated a terrorist organization by Ankara.
Despite Ankara's denial, the assaults have previously led to civilian casualties who are often caught in the crossfire in the Region.
The parliamentary meeting on Saturday comes after a shelling in Zakho, Duhok province killed nine Arab tourists and injured 22 others from Iraq’s central and southern provinces. Baghdad and Erbil have blamed the
Iraqis have strongly condemned the Zakho attack through protests, attacks on
"According to the report, the shelling was carried out using 155mm artillery shells, which cannot be moved a lot in mountainous areas," Dubardani said, adding that according to the defense ministry, the direction of the shelling came from an area under the control of
Iraqi protesters on Thursday called for the expulsion of
The Iraqi government on Wednesday called on Turkey to withdraw all troops from the country. The government has also said it will take diplomatic measures against Ankara, including filing a complaint at the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Security Council.
The deadly attack has been locally and globally condemned but most countries have avoided explicitly blaming Turkey or the PKK.