Turkish planes' intensive bombing are still continuing in Amedi

Kurdistan 02:19 PM - 2021-05-21

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On Friday, the Turkish warplanes intensively bombed the area of Amedi town in Duhok.

 

The Turkish warplanes have intensively bombarded the village of Atushe of Amedi under the pretext of targeting PKK in the area and until the creation of this bombed or continued.

 

A source in the village of Atushe said that the Turkish warplanes have been bombing the area for more than an hour which has put great fear in the hearts of the people of the village and caused great damage to the area.

 

On Thursday night, Turkish artillery and warplanes intensively bombarded the Dashish village in the Kani Masi sub-district of Amedi town in Duhok Governorate which forced residents to evacuate the village. read more

 

The Turkish army continues its operations in Duhok's Mount Metin, despite local and official appeals to Ankara to stop its aggression, which resulted in civilian casualties and emptying dozens of villages of their residents. read more

 

The Turkish army last month launched a new ground and air offensive allegedly against militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) dubbed Operation Claw Lightning. 

 

Turkey has carried out cross-border offensives of varying magnitude allegedly against the PKK for decades. However, in recent years, it's begun to establish more of a sustained presence in a growing number of bases and checkpoints dotting the mountains of the Kurdistan Region despite calls from Iraqi authorities to stop these actions. 

 

Earlier in May, the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar made an illegal visit to the Turkish soldiers at a military base in the Kurdistan Region without informing the Iraqi side which prompted the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to summon the Turkish embassy’s chargé d'affaires and hand him a memorandum which noted “strong dissatisfaction and condemnation of Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi’s presence on Iraqi territory without coordination or prior approval from relative authorities, as well his meeting with Turkish forces who are there illegally.”

 

Turkey has repeatedly bombarded areas within the Kurdistan Region claiming that it is targeting PKK in the area. It has launched air and ground military operations in the Kurdistan Region in mid-June last year, on the grounds of targeting alleged PKK positions. read more

 

Thousands of acres of land have been burnt and many villages have been evacuated due to Turkish bombings, and even civilian casualties have fallen due to the continuous Turkish operations in the Kurdistan Region. read more

 

According to Al-Monitor, Arzu Yilmaz, a Middle East scholar and visiting fellow at Hamburg University reckons that there are more than 5,000 Turkish forces currently deployed in Iraqi Kurdistan and Bashiqa, an area under Iraqi central government control lying east of Mosul.

 

KRG leaders have warned that the wave of Turkish incursions, which have caused dozens of civilian deaths has made advances, deploying troops within three kilometers of Duhok's Kesta village. Heavy clashes have terrified villagers and forced families to flee their homes. The Iraqi government frequently condemns Turkey’s operations but appears powerless to stop them.

 

Sherko Mirwais, head of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, said in a previous statement to PUKmedia that the Iraqi government, the Presidency of the Republic, and the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee condemned the recurrence of the Turkish bombing more than once, explaining that Ankara must respect international laws and solve its problems inside its territories.

 

 

 

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