Preparations for the major plan to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq are almost complete, confirmed Turkish sources. The plan will be discussed during a visit to Baghdad by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 22. The sources said Ankara has completed the steps it will take to eliminate the PKK from border regions leading to al-Sulaymaniyah. The plan aims to clear Iraqi border regions that fall within Türkiye's Operation Claw of PKK forces. The are stretches 378 kms and runs 40 kms deep into Iraq.
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