Operation Claw Lock
Iraq demands UN intervention against continued Turkish violations of its sovereignty
During a special session of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, UN Special Representative in Iraq Jeanine Hennis Plasschaert said that the Turkish attack on Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan earlier this month showed “shocking disregard for civilian life”
Protests break out as Turkish artillery fire kills 9 and injures several others in Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Iraqi government demanded an official apology from Turkey as well as the immediate withdrawal of all Turkish forces from the country. Opposition groups in Turkey called the attack against civilians a war crime
Turkish attack inside Iraqi Kurdistan kills five civilians, injures two
Scores of Iraqis have been killed since Turkish forces launched their so-called Operation Claw Lock in Iraqi Kurdistan in April, allegedly to fight the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)
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