The Turkish Defense Ministry stated in a statement on Tuesday that the Turkish army units stationed in the Lock of the Claw operations area in northern Iraq came under fire from militants affiliated with the PKK, and the situation required the use of warplanes, which resulted in the death of three of them and the withdrawal of the others.
It indicated in its statement that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) takes the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq as its stronghold, and is active in many cities, regions and valleys, from which it launches attacks into the Turkish interior, and that the Turkish army is working hard to dry up the sources of terrorism.
It is noteworthy that the Turkish army had carried out a large military operation on April 18, 2021, and it is still continuing, called Lock the Claw, against the strongholds of the PKK in the areas of Matina, Gara, Hakurk, Al-Zab, Afshin, and Bazian in northern Iraq./End
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