The Turkish bombing... When will the violation of Iraq's sovereignty end?

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[size=52]The Turkish bombing... When will the violation of Iraq's sovereignty end?[/size]

[size=45]Yesterday, Sunday, the Counter-Terrorism Service in the Kurdistan Region announced the killing of a senior official of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, during the Turkish bombing that took place in the Sinjar district, where a Turkish drone targeted a Kurdistan Workers’ Party vehicle in Gelminra within Mount Sinjar, which led to the death of an official. A high-ranking member of the party and three other members.[/size]
[size=45]Turkish aircraft and artillery, in addition to drone attacks, are intensely bombing border areas in the Kurdistan region, in attacks that focused on the Qandil Mountains, which are considered a stronghold for what the Turkish government called Kurdish rebels.[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish attacks caused the death of a number of civilians and the displacement of hundreds of families in border villages within the Kurdistan region of Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Kurdistan workers' party[/size]
[size=45]The ongoing Turkish violations on the Iraqi border areas are still causing a large wave of displacement among the residents of those areas, for fear of the dangers of their survival in light of the continuous bombing.[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish bombing and the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) increased the suffering of Iraqis living in the northern regions, after causing damage to agricultural areas, which directly affected the livelihood of citizens and livestock alike.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq has not taken a decision to limit the Turkish bombing and ongoing military operations in the north, as attacks on the Iraqi governorates in the north by the Turkish government are increasing.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is considered a left-wing Kurdish armed group that arose in the 1970s in the Kurdistan region of Turkey as a separatist movement with an intellectual mix between Kurdish nationalism and socialist revolution that seeks to establish a Marxist-Leninist state in Kurdistan.[/size]
[size=45]“Tiger's Claw”[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish raids in northern Iraq target Kurdistan Workers' Party sites in the Qandil Mountains, Assos, and Hakurk, and in Syria, bases for the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Ayn al-Arab, Tal Rifaat, al-Jazira, and Derik, according to Ankara.[/size]
[size=45]Turkey launched its limited military air operation a week after an explosive device attack in Istanbul that killed six people and injured more than 80 others. Ankara accused both the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Kurdish People's Protection Units of being behind it. But both sides denied any role in the attack. The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on June 17, 2020, the launch of Operation “Tiger’s Claw,” in the “Haftanin” region, northern Iraq, against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which Ankara classifies as a “terrorist organization.” The announcement of the operation comes hours after Iraq condemned Turkish air strikes that occurred against Kurdish targets on its territory.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that it summoned the Turkish ambassador and handed him a protest note, considering what happened “a violation of the sanctity and sovereignty of Iraqi lands and airspace.”[/size]
[size=45]Indifference[/size]
[size=45]Security and local sources in the Kurdistan region of Iraq reported, yesterday evening, Saturday, that Turkish helicopters carried out raids targeting sites of PKK militants in the town of Amadiyah in Dohuk Governorate, northern Iraq, while Turkish forces deployed soldiers in the region.[/size]
[size=45]A week ago, Turkish aircraft intensified the bombing of the border areas of the Amadiya district, especially the Suri Sikiri area, close to the Iraqi-Turkish border, which includes sites of Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants.[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish forces continue their military operations in northern Iraq within the scope of Nineveh and the Iraqi Kurdistan region, regardless of violating the sovereignty of Iraq as a neighboring country, as they focus especially on the cities of Sulaymaniyah, Sinjar, Sidkan, Soran, Al-Zab, Zakho, and Jabal Qandil, and their operations include aerial bombardments and assassinations targeting prominent leaders of the “Workers’ Party.” Kurdistan Region,” which Ankara classifies as a “terrorist organization.”[/size]
[size=45]While the leaders of the “Kurdistan Workers’ Party” adopt the method of movement and adopt alternative locations to hold their meetings for fear of targeting operations. An officer in the Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) and his subordinate (Al-Mada) said, “The bombing operations at the party’s headquarters often result in the killing of members of the party, and it has begun to change its tactics and adopt the method of movement and instability in one place for more than a week.”[/size]
[size=45]Constant raids[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that it had carried out air strikes in northern Iraq, resulting in the destruction of 31 targets, including bunkers, shelters and warehouses, where high-ranking PKK officials were suspected to be present.[/size]
[size=45]The Turkish Ministry of Defense said in a statement: “Air strikes were carried out on the Gara area in northern Iraq on September 13 and 15, with the aim of eliminating terrorist attacks directed against the people and security forces and protecting the Turkish borders.” The ministry indicated that 31 targets were destroyed during the raids, and these targets included hideouts, shelters and warehouses, with the suspected presence of prominent PKK officials inside them.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Kurdistan Workers' Party is placed on the list of "terrorist organizations" by the Turkish government.[/size]
[size=45]Last June, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the liquidation of two people believed to be senior leaders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, during a security operation in northern Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]A government source reported earlier yesterday that a vehicle loaded with weapons belonging to forces loyal to the Kurdistan Workers Party was subjected to an air strike in the Sinjar district, west of the city of Mosul, the local capital of Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The source stated in his interview, followed by (Al-Mada), that a drone carried out an attack on A car loaded with weapons, which belonged to the Sinjar Resistance Units loyal to the Workers’ Party,” noting that the attack was carried out in the “Jal Miran” area of ​​Mount Sinjar.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Turkish government is based, according to Kurdistan Democratic Party member Imad Bajlan, on a vague agreement with the former Iraqi regime concluded in the 1980s that allows it to pursue members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to about 10 kilometers inside the Iraqi border.[/size]
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