Kurdish rebellions in Turkey

Turkey launches counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in N Iraq

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.

Turkish top diplomat, UN chief discuss ‘action plan'

In a phone call, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşogğu and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed the U.N.'s signing of "an action plan" with the PKK/YPG, listed as terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, diplomatic sources said on July 5. YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the illegal PKK.

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