Iraq Weekly Roundup: 20 Killed

by | Aug 28, 2023 | 0 comments

At least 20 people were killed, and one more was wounded in the latest violence:

A Turkish drone strikes targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) members killed three guerrillas in Sidikan. Four more were killed in a later strike.

Turkish strikes in Zangidar left three P.K.K. guerrillas dead.

In Gara a Turkish drone strike killed a P.K.K. commander.

Two more P.K.K. guerrillas were killed in ongoing strikes.

A Turkish soldier was killed during anti-P.K.K. operations. A second Turkish soldier was reported killed later.

The Iraqi government executed three men convicted of a 2016 bombing in Baghdad that killed hundreds.

An ISIS attack near Mutasim left a militiaman with injuries.

A militant was killed near Samarra

A landmine killed a young man in Maysan.

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

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