Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over deadly PKK airstrikes
The Turkish military launched two airstrikes on Iraqi territory, prompting a rebuke from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
In a public show of disapproval, Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador over deadly airstrikes carried out by Ankara this week against suspected militants in northern Iraq.
In a statement on Twitter, Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned Ambassador Fatih Yildiz on Thursday because of a “Turkish army fighter plane violating Iraqi airspace, and bombing a refugee camp near [Makhmour] that claimed the lives of two women.”
On Wednesday, news outlets in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reported that one air attack killed three civilians near a refugee camp in the mountainous Makhmour region and another destroyed a shelter belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an armed insurgent group, in the city of Rawanduz.
Speaking to Kurdish news outlet Rudaw, the head of the Makhmour camp confirmed three women died in Wednesday’s strikes.
