.Report: Turkish soldiers crossed border into N.Iraq
Some 200 Turkish soldiers accompanied by village guards crossed the border into northern Iraq in a military operation against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, an Iraqi Kurdish media source reported on Thursday.
Peyamner news agency, quoted Fahmi Sofi, an official with the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, as stating that Turkish soldiers penetrated into the Hork area near the border village of Kesta in Dahuk.
"At 3 p.m. on Wednesday we were informed that about 200 Turkish soldiers and some village rangers encroached 2 kilometers inside the border. Several hours later, they withdrew to the Turkish border," he said without giving further detail.
Witnesses told the news agency that Turkish artillery last night shelled the areas of Kely, Senat, Zaweta, Kely Besagha, Kloc and Alansh in Zakho.
Turkish officials on Friday declined to comment on the incident but one told The New Anatolian that nothing extraordinary had occurred on the Iraq border and that the incident could have been a regular "hot pursuit" operation.
Turkey has had around 1,000 Special Forces in northern Iraq near the border monitoring the area since the mid-1990s to curb infiltration into Turkey by PKK militants. Turkish security forces have regularly carried out hot pursuit operations against PKK militants in the border area.
The New Anatolian
WW III
People will look back to this day as the start of the next world war. I only hope those in charge are ready for the consequence.
Peyamner news agency, quoted Fahmi Sofi, an official with the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party, as stating that Turkish soldiers penetrated into the Hork area near the border village of Kesta in Dahuk.
"At 3 p.m. on Wednesday we were informed that about 200 Turkish soldiers and some village rangers encroached 2 kilometers inside the border. Several hours later, they withdrew to the Turkish border," he said without giving further detail.
Witnesses told the news agency that Turkish artillery last night shelled the areas of Kely, Senat, Zaweta, Kely Besagha, Kloc and Alansh in Zakho.
Turkish officials on Friday declined to comment on the incident but one told The New Anatolian that nothing extraordinary had occurred on the Iraq border and that the incident could have been a regular "hot pursuit" operation.
Turkey has had around 1,000 Special Forces in northern Iraq near the border monitoring the area since the mid-1990s to curb infiltration into Turkey by PKK militants. Turkish security forces have regularly carried out hot pursuit operations against PKK militants in the border area.
The New Anatolian
WW III
People will look back to this day as the start of the next world war. I only hope those in charge are ready for the consequence.
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