Iraq

Turkish president on July 17 condemned the armed attack targeting Turkish diplomats in Erbil, Iraq.         

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Wednesday that there are no indications that Romanian citizens were affected by the attack in Erbil, Iraq, in which three people died, including the Turkish vice-consul. Melescanu's statement on Antena 3 private television broadcaster comes in the context in which the Consular Office of Romania at Erbil is in the same building as the Turkish Consulate.

One Turkish consulate employee has been killed on July 17 in a shooting in Erbil, northern Iraq, the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.

Bosnia's state prosecution on Monday charged Ibro Cufurovic with taking part in terrorist activities and with fighting for so-called Islamic State in Syria, ISIS/L, from 2014 until April this year, when he was deported to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The prosecution says Cufurovic travelled to Turkey on April 21, 2014, from where he illegally went to Syria and joined ISIS/ISIL forces.

Turkish jets have "neutralized" three PKK terrorists during counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in northern Iraq, according to Turkey's National Defense Ministry on July 15.           

Turkey launched counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in northern Iraq on July 12 at 10 pm (local time), the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on July 13.
Turkey will continue to destroy weapon emplacements and shelters used by PKK terrorists in a new area with Operation Claw-2, said the ministry in a statement.

Veysel Eroğlu, Turkey's special envoy to Iraq, on July 11  chaired a meeting to discuss an action plan to solve water related issues in Iraq.

Many of the players at Hestia FC weren't allowed to play — or even watch — soccer matches in their home countries.
In Greece, they make up the country's first women's refugee team and hail from 14 countries including Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Looted ancient artifacts from Iraq and Afghanistan seized in Britain will be returned to their country of origin after appraisal by the British Museum, the institution said on July 8.

Turkish fighter jets "neutralized" four more PKK militants in northern Iraq, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on July 8.