Iraq Daily Roundup: Turkey Launched Operation Against PKK; 21 Killed in Iraq

by | May 28, 2019 | 0 comments

At least 21 people were killed, and another was wounded in recent violence:

Nine people were killed in Turkish air and artillery strikes targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) in Hakurk. This new operation is called “Operation Claw”.

A bomb in Barwana killed two militiamen and wounded a third one.

Airstrikes on ISIS targets left 10 militants dead in the Alas oil fields area. Militants had tried to attack the oil fields.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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