PKK under pressure in Iraq's Kurdistan Region
Turkey is continuing its attacks on the Kurdistan Workers Party as a senior Iraqi Kurdish military official hints the group may be wearing out its welcome.
ERBIL, Iraq — Turkey’s aggressive cross-border operations in northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are not letting up, again putting the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the difficult position of having to manage its relationships with Baghdad and Ankara as well as decreasing number of the Iraqi Kurdish population, which retains sympathy for the PKK.
On Sept. 18, a PKK rocket attack on a military base in northern Iraq killed two Turkish troops and wounded another.
Although Turkey sees the presence of its military bases in northern Iraq as legitimate based on previous agreements between Baghdad and Ankara, Baghdad has complained about and condemned Turkish operations in northern Iraq.
The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey.
