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Iran began a new military push against Kurdish rebels on the border with Iraq, days after Turkey said its air strikes had killed up to 160 militants inside Iraqi territory. Iran said it had killed dozens of members of Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an offshoot of the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). [15]
On August 24 2023, two Turkish drone strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan killed seven PKK insurgents, [1] this came at a time of political manoeuvres, when the Turkish foreign minister met with top Kurdish officials in Erbil. [2] This coincided with a political offensive by Turkey, who urged Iraq to recognise the PKK as a terrorist organisation. [1]
The Kurdish news agency Rudaw said the strikes occurred at Mount Qandil near the Iranian border. [10] Airstrikes were also reported in Gara , Hakurk , and Metina . [ 11 ] The Turkish military conducted another round of airstrikes on 3 October, with the Defence Ministry claiming to have struck 16 PKK targets in the Metina, Gara, Hakurk, Qandil ...
Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Sunday, just hours after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing ...
Turkey continued its strikes in Syria and Iraq for a second day following the terrorist attack on a defense company in Ankara, in what Turkey said were targeted hits on PKK terrorist locations.
Also according to SOHR one Turkish soldier was killed and 7 were injured in Bab Al-Salama crossing on the borders with Turkey, after shelling from Kurdish and regime areas in northern Aleppo. [ 14 ] On 22–23 November Turkish Air Force targeted the oil and gas energy infrastructure in al-Hasakah Governorate .
In response, the Turkish military launched strikes on 47 Kurdish rebel positions, including 29 in northern Iraq and 18 in northern Syria. The day after the attacks, the Syrian Democratic Forces accused Turkey of launching a "new wave" of attacks that killed 12 civilians and injured 25 others [ 5 ] and struck two train stations and an oil ...
The Turkish Armed Forces have been conducting cross-border military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Northern Iraq since the 1980s. [11] [12] [13] Since 2019, Turkey has begun conducting operations codenamed Claw, including Claw Eagle and Tiger in 2020 and Claw-Lighting and Thunderbolt in 2021. [14]