Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed; Turkish Strikes on Civilians

by | Jun 19, 2020 | 0 comments

At least seven people were killed and two were wounded in recent violence:

One civilian was killed in Sidikan during Turkish airstrikes on Thursday. Four more civilian deaths were reported on Friday. One Turkish soldier was killed in a clash. Several villages were evacuated during the Turkish operation against Kurdish guerrillas. Iran has also conducted its own artillery strikes.

A blast in Qayara wounded two people.

A body was found dumped in a canal near Balad Ruz.

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

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