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| The Grand Turk |
| Hürriyet: Türkiye will conduct ground operation against Kurds in northern Iraq |
| 2024-03-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Ankara, March 7, 2024, 11:30 - IA Regnum. The Turkish military will carry out a major ground operation against the Kurds in northern Iraq in the coming months, Hürriyet newspaper reported on March 7. Columnist Abdulkadir Selvi recalled the words of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said after a government meeting, that Ankara is going to close a circle that will protect the country's borders with Iraq. Erdogan expressed hope that Turkey will finally resolve the issue regarding the Iraqi borders in the summer. According to Selvi, the Turkish authorities decided to conduct a large-scale ground operation and establish a safe line in the area of the base territories before entering the plain. “The line covering the Garinsky district has been defined as the border of the safe zone,” he said. The length of the border between Turkey and Iraq is 378 km. Ankara expects that as a result of the operation it will be completely closed to the Kurds, including the Gara region famous for its caves. The Turkish military will take permanent control of the Garinsky region. “Thus, a safe line 378 km long and 40 km deep will be established on our Iraqi border, as in Syria,” the author of the article said. He added that the central government of Iraq and Erbil (the de facto capital of Iraqi Kurdistan) will provide Ankara with intelligence support and take action against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Sulaymaniyah and Sinjar. As Regnum reported, at the end of last year, the Turkish Armed Forces conducted a military operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq. The reason for the hostilities was the death of six Turkish soldiers. According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, the soldiers were killed as a result of an attack by PKK militants. In Turkey, the PKK is a terrorist organization. The organization's bases are located in Iraqi Kurdistan. Türkiye periodically conducts both air and ground operations here. The armed conflict with the PKK army began in Turkey in 1984 and, after a truce, resumed in 2015. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 The Turks better adhere to UN's "Laws of War", or else! |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-08 02:15 |