Tag: Silopi

Turkey: We Pose no ‘Threat’ to Iraq with ‘Precautionary’ Military Deployment

Peter Mulvany

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi warned Turkey that “if they enter” Iraqi territory with their convoy of 30 tanks and other heavy artillery recently deployed to the Turkish border town of Silopi, Iraq would be “ready to face them” and defiantly Read more

Turkey: Major operations nearing end against PKK in Silopi, Davutoglu

Peter Mulvany

The security campaign of the Turkish forces against militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern part of the country is almost completed according to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after major operations began last month. A statement from Read more