The Iraqi government condemns "assault" on the Turkish Sinjar

The Iraqi government condemns "assault" on the Turkish Sinjar


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Condemned the Iraqi government, yesterday, the Turkish shelling of areas in Sinjar , and led to casualties, warning Ankara that the frequency of targeting will affect the relationship with the two countries.
Turkish fighter jets launched at dawn on Tuesday, air raids on PKK positions in Jabal Sinjar, killing 14 and wounding an element of the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan region.
The raids targeted in Syria units (Protection of the People) , a major Kurdish faction in the forces (democratic Syria) backed by the United States and has become a stronghold close to the organization Daesh tenderness in the distance.
The Ministry of Peshmerga , said five of its members, also deployed in Sinjar, were killed and nine wounded in one of the Turkish strikes.
The Prime Minister said Haider al - Abadi, in his weekly, " The Council of Ministers condemned the Turkish strike against Iraqi areas." He added that " the Iraqi government warns Turkey of a repeat of these targets."
A government statement said "The cabinet discussed the Turkish air strike , where the Council of Ministers condemned the Turkish air attack on Iraqi territory in the Sinjar area, which caused the occurrence of Iraqi victims and represent a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty is incompatible with the provisions of international law and the principles of good neighborliness."
The statement added , " The Iraqi government warns Turkey to repeat this overshoot is unjustified and which could lead to escalation steps affecting the efforts of Iraq and the international community in the war against terrorism.
The operation to embarrass the Iraqi government , which is facing sharp criticism in terms of tolerance to keep the Turkish military barracks in the position city Ba'shiqah north of Mosul.
the visit by Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim to Baghdad earlier this year, wreaks optimism the normalization of the relationship between the two countries after months of tension on the back of the Turkish incursion into Iraqi territory.
in addition, Aram Sheikh Mohammed, said the second deputy Lri Yassin parliament, " I condemn the Turkish aircraft bombed at dawn today to Sinjar and villages affiliated in the province of Mosul , " and expressed "strong dissatisfaction of this overtaking is unjustified and flagrant violation of Iraq 's sovereignty."
He called Sheikh Mohammed, in a statement yesterday, " the federal government in Baghdad immediate intervention and to call the Turkish ambassador handed over a protest note to the official position of rejecting these repeated Turkish side aggressions ". he said at the same time that" the continuation of Turkey 's shelling of Iraqi territory air force is tantamount to an escalation and aggression clearly on Iraqi sovereignty and violation of all international conventions and agreements of good neighborliness. "
In turn , denounced the mass of the rule of law Turkish shelling and demanded to submit a formal complaint to the Security Council against Ankara.
He stressed Ali al - Adeeb, head of state law in the House of Representatives, " the need for political and popular forces to support government actions and to support their positions, to express the unity of the Iraqi situation in general external aggression and repeated violations by Turkey."
The student writer, in a statement to his office, the government of al - Abadi to "make a formal complaint to the UN Security Council against Turkey for violating its interference in Iraqi affairs determinedly, and to take firm measures against Turkish companies operating in Iraq," according to the statement.
So, it called on the Commission on Human Rights in Parliament, the international coalition to a statement from his "excesses" in the Turkish district of Sinjar, demanding the Iraqi government to take the position of "decisive" about it.
Committee Chairman Abdul - Rahim al - Shammari, during a press conference held at the parliament building and I followed (range), said that "there are excesses of Turkish continuing on Iraqi territory in Sinjar , where a number of citizens and security forces martyred , " stressing condemnation of the Commission "for such a bypass and call on the international coalition against Daesh led United States of America to the statement of its position on the Turkish overshoot , which could be repeated if there is no decisive response. "
Shammari said that "there is a need to take into account the international alliance obligations towards Iraq , " and urged the Iraqi government to "have a critical attitude towards the Turkish violations and especially as it is not the first time."
In turn, described the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan region of Turkish shelling on Kurdistan Workers ' Party PKK positions in Jebel Sinjar as "unacceptable."
The ministry said in a statement yesterday, said that "Turkish warplanes attacked yesterday, Sinjar mountain , " asserting that " the attack resulted in the killing of five members of the Peshmerga and wounding nine others."
The ministry added that " the Turkish attack is unacceptable," attributed the reason for "these problems to the presence of the PKK in the region." And it called on the latter to "withdraw from Mount Sinjar and re - enable life to it."
In the first international reaction, the US State Department announced that the United States is "deeply concerned" about the Turkish air strikes against Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria.
Said spokesman Mark Toner : "We are deeply concerned about Turkey launched air strikes earlier in the day in northern Syria and northern Iraq without proper coordination with either the United States or the broader international coalition to defeat Daesh." He added , "We have expressed this concern to the Turkish government directly."

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