Turkey launches new military operation in Iraq
Minister of National Defence of Turkey, Hulusi Akar (Rear C) and the Turkish Armed Forces Command are managing and dispatching the Operation Claw-Tiger from the Army Command Control Center in Ankara, Turkey on 17 June 2020. [Arif Akdoğan - Anadolu Agency] February 11, 2021 at 10:25 am
Turkey yesterday announced that it had launched a new military operation against what it said were the bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
In a statement, Ankara s Defence Ministry said that the operation, dubbed Claw-Tiger 2 , was launched in the Iraqi region of Qaradagh, adding that it aimed to neutralise the PPK group, which Turkey, the US and UK consider a terrorist organisation.
Syrian youth illustrate peace in Afrin with graffiti
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Three years after Olive Branch : A militarized Afrin and continued violations against its residents
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Syria: 6 civilians dead, 25 hurt in Afrin terror attack
People inspect the damaged site after a bomb-laden vehicle exploded in northern Syria s Afrin on January 30, 2021 [Hişam El Homsi/Anadolu Agency] January 30, 2021 at 4:06 pm
At least six civilians were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Syria on Saturday, according to local sources, reports
Anadolu Agency.
Some 25 more people were wounded when a vehicle packed with explosives blew up at an industrial site in Afrin district, the sources said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but it was likely carried out by the YPG/PKK terror group.
Afrin was largely cleared of YPG/PKK terrorists in 2018 through Turkey s anti-terror offensive Operation Olive Branch, but the terror group still has sleeper cells.