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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
KURDISH organisations called for an urgent international response to condemn Turkey’s bombing and invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan today as Ankara announced the start of a major new military offensive.
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), a multinational platform of Kurdish groups and parties, warned that Turkey cannot wage war without the support of the EU, US and Nato and called on them to condemn its latest military aggression.
Operation Claw Eagle 2 was announced by the Turkish armed forces with the aim of “neutralising” the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) with a bombing campaign targeting the Hara mountains region near Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan in the early hours.
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