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| Iraq |
| Turkey bombards mountainous areas in Duhok |
| 2023-07-12 |
| [Rudaw] Fayaq Birkahini, a resident from Balava village, told Rudaw that the warplanes began bombarding at around 10:20am, targeting four positions on the mountains. According to the villager, the bombardment has caused a lot of panic for the resident in the nearby villages. No civilians were harmed in the bombardment, as the targeted area is banned from civilians due to frequent festivities between the In the past month, Turkey has intensified its attacks on the villages in the vicinity of Amedi and Akre towns in Duhok. It has been bombing the villages almost on a daily basis under the pretext of targeting PKK fighters. We’ve noticed. Baghdad has repeatedly condemned Turkey’s violations of its borders, but has called on the exiled gangs not to use Iraqi territory as a launchpad to attack neighboring nations.Civilians are frequently caught in the crossfire between PKK announced a unilateral ceasefire in February due to devastating quakes in Turkey and later extended it to include the A security source told Shafaq News agency that the heavy shelling targeted Kara Mountain and areas in the Nehili region, including the villages of Balafah and Rishfa of Al-Amadiya district, north of Duhok. The source indicated that the bombing led to burning vast areas of forests and farms, and the firefighters could not reach these areas. |
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