Operation Claw-Eagle 2
2021 Turkish military operation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Claw-Eagle 2 (Turkish: Pençe Kartal-2 Harekatı) was an air and ground operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Duhok Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. According to Turkey, it was launched to secure the border between Turkey and Iraq and to eliminate the PKK in the area[10] and to rescue Turkish hostages held by the PKK.[4]
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13 Turkish and 1 Iraqi hostages killed (responsibility disputed)[lower-alpha 1] |
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