Washington condemns attack on Peshmerga in Duhok

Kurdistan 12:20 PM - 2021-06-06

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The US embassy attack has condemned the attack that targeted the Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Matin mount of Duhok governorate.

 

"We condemn in the strongest terms the deadly PKK attack yesterday against our brave Peshmerga partners," the US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement.

 

"Our thoughts are with the families of those killed and wounded. We stand with our friends in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and reaffirm our commitment to working together to bring security to the region," the statement added.

 

Five Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and seven wounded in an attach by the PKK, the ministry of Peshmerga said in a statement on Saturday. read more

 

The Peshmerga convoy was attacked by PKK on Matin mountain, near the border of the Amedi town, with both light and heavy weaponry, while conducting a routine security check in the area, the statement said.

 

The PKK did not immediately comment.

 

"The Ministry of Peshmerga is demanding immediate action from the Iraqi Federal Government to put an end to ongoing Turkish military operations in the Kurdistan Region," the statement added.

 

And demands the PKK to "take their fight somewhere else, away from Kurdish homes and the Kurdistan Region."

 

The Kurdistan Region's Presidency also condemned the attack launched on the Peshmerga forces in Matin mountain, claiming that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was behind it.

 

"We strongly condemn the attack this morning that was carried out by the PKK gunmen in Matina subdistrict of Amedi, Dohuk province, on Peshmarga forces," the Presidency stated.

 

 

 

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