Latest updates on northern Iraq, 12 August 2021
ISWNews Analysis Group: Turkish artillery and fighter jets continue to pound the hideouts of PKK militants in northern Iraq and clashes continued in mountainous areas.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Turkish artillery and fighter jets continue to pound the hideouts of PKK militants in northern Iraq and clashes continued in mountainous areas.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Late on August 12, Turkish military base in the Zelkan area, north of Mosul, was targeted by a rocket
With Turkey’s insistence on military presence at Kabul Airport and the Taliban explicitly opposing the decision, Afghan tensions are entering a new phase of regional conflict.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Two Turkish soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded when a Turkish military vehicle was hit by a guided missile near Hazwan village, west of the city of Al-Bab.
Kabul International Airport is the last station and base of foreign troops in Afghanistan, and the continued presence of Turkey to control and ensure its security has become important from this perspective.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Contrary to the Moscow agreement, Turkish Army is building a new military point in outskirt of al-Barah, south of Idlib.
The history of the Turkish army entering northern Iraq dates back to 1982 and the agreement between the two countries. The agreement allows Turkey to enter a depth of 20 km in northern Iraq.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Clashes between the PKK militants and Turkish Army continued in north of Iraq.
ISWNews Analysis Group: PKK militants and Turkish Army forces conflict is continuing in north of Iraq and both sides confessed to kill and injury of their forces.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Hulusi Akar attended one of the bases in the Sirnak region in southeastern Turkey to be briefed about the latest details of operation Pence-Simsek and Pence-Yildirim in northern Iraqi Kurdistan.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Clashes between Turkish troops and PKK militants continued in northern Iraq, with both sides claiming that a significant number of opposing forces have been killed.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that two of its soldiers were killed in northern Iraq.