Turkey’s intelligence organisation MIT “neutralised” the head of PKK’s special forces logistics, Nechirvan Seven, in an operation in the Gara area of the Kurdistan Region, Anadolu Agency reported Friday morning, citing security sources.
The day before, Anadolu reported a wanted PKK member was “neutralised” in an intelligence operation in the same area. Ahmet Gumus is accused of involvement in attacks on Turkey, training PKK “assassins,” and developing weapons systems for the PKK.
Baghdad has repeatedly condemned
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...’s violations of its borders and called on gangs not to use Iraqi territory to attack neighbouring nations. Civilians are frequently caught in the crossfire between
In a forum this week in Baghdad, Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari said that Iraq was beefing up security on its borders with Turkey and Iran.
On the Iraq-Turkey border, "there is a problem in holding it, as the border guards don’t hold the border strip, the zero-line specifically, but are stationed at a distance of 25 kilometres from it
...that’s what? One to two hours of driving on bad roads if they noticed an attack was occurring?...
and have left an area that has become an area of operations for the The government has allocated 72 billion dinars for building roads in order to access the rugged frontier and to form border guard units, according to the minister.
Baghdad is also coordinating with Ankara "to close the border completely, through border posts on the Iraqi side and the
Speaking at the same forum, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani addressed the Turkey-PKK conflict, saying, "We have to be realistic and the reality is Turkey has some security concerns that are necessary for Iraq to keep in mind... We must not become a source of threats for our neighbouring country... If it wasn’t for the PKK presence on the borders, why would Turkey attack?"
"An gang from inside Iraq, from inside the Kurdistan Region, should not be able to go and conduct a military operation in Turkey and then return to the Kurdistan Region," he said.