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There is growing fear in Iraq of a potential Turkish military incursion to drive the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) out of Sinjar, a contested area in the country’s north. Such a move would prove highly counterproductive. It would risk weakening Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who is already struggling to implement urgent political and economic reforms. It would also enable the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMUs) and other armed groups to strengthen their political and military posture, while severely damaging the bilateral relationship between Turkey and Iraq. And such an operation would be unlikely to achieve lasting gains against the PKK, given the considerable resistance Turkish forces would face from Iranian-backed armed groups operating in the area. Accordingly, European states should warn the Turkish government about the dangers of an incursion into Sinjar, while pressing Baghdad to intensify its efforts to re-establish control of the area. ....
Turkish forces began their operation during the early hours of February 10, attacking PKK positions with fighter jets and United States-built Cobra and Sikorsky helicopters. The helicopters were said to be deployed from the south of Gare, indicating that their flight did not begin in Turkey, but from within the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan. This fact points to the complicity of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Massoud Barzani in supporting Turkey’s objectives. At the time of writing, the colonialist forces of Turkey are being dealt heavy blows by the resistance of the PKK’s People’s Defence Forces (HPG) and Free Women’s Units (YJA-Star). ....