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Shafaq News
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Turkiye launches 53 strikes in 24 hours in Kurdistan's Duhok
Shafaq News/ Turkish forces carried out 53 air and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours on Mount Gara in Al-Amadiya district, northern Duhok province, the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) organization reported on Monday. The member of the organization's Kurdish team Kamaran Osman told Shafaq News that the villages of Mazi, Kafna Mazi, Spindari, and Karkashi were directly targeted, despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The Turkish army carried out 53 airstrikes Sunday morning around villages at the foothills of Mount Gara in Duhok province, marking an escalation in its attacks over the past week, according to Kamaran Osman from the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT).🎥: Kamaran Osman — Zoom News (@zoomnewskrd) April 20, 2025 'Turkish forces have launched 118 air and artillery attacks across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq since the PKK's ceasefire announcement, including 85 airstrikes, 21 artillery bombardments, and 10 helicopter assaults,' he revealed, noting that while the pace of attacks has dropped by 21% compared to January and February, the continued bombardment still poses a direct threat to local residents and agricultural land. Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called in late February 2025 for the group to lay down its arms and dissolve. This announcement marked a potential turning point in the decades-long conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state. Turkiye has continued conducting cross-border strikes despite Öcalan's call for a ceasefire and peaceful resolution. Residents of the targeted villages have been displaced for more than two years amid ongoing clashes between the Turkish military and PKK militants. Eyewitnesses reported that PKK fighters are using abandoned civilian homes for shelter in targeted villages, he pointed out. Earlier today, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on X seizing weapons and survival supplies from a cave in the Operation Claw-Lock zone. 📍 Irak'ın kuzeyiIrak'ın kuzeyinde arama-tarama faaliyetlerimiz aralıksız devam ediyor. Kahraman Mehmetçiklerimiz, Pençe-Kilit Operasyonu bölgesinde teröristlere ait yeni bir mağara daha tespit hâle getirilen mağarada silah, mühimmat ve yaşam malzemesi ele… — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 21, 2025
Rudaw Net
06-03-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Unidentified warplanes target Sulaimani village: Monitor
Also in Kurdistan President Barzani urges unity on 34th anniversary of uprising Turkey, PKK conflict must end through negotiations: Veteran Kurdish politician Erbil ramps up efforts to collect stray dogs Kurdistan Region protests increased 13 percent in February: Watchdog A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An unidentified airstrike targeted a mountain village in eastern Sulaimani province, a conflict monitor reported on Thursday. 'At 11:40 pm on Wednesday, Turkish warplanes heavily bombarded the Zhazholan valley in the village of Gulala,' Kamaran Osman from the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a human rights organization that monitors Turkey's operations in the Kurdistan Region. The Turkish army has bombarded Galala village several times under the pretext of targeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters allegedly present in the area. 'Due to the proximity of the bombardment, all the villagers felt it and their houses shook,' Osman added. The strike came amid intensified efforts for a peace process between the Turkish state and the PKK. On Saturday, the PKK declared a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, stating it agrees with the contents of leader Abdullah Ocalan's recent letter that called on the group to disarm and disband, but set a physical meeting with their jailed leader as a precondition to any successful peace process. Ocalan's letter has sparked hope for a resolution to the nearly four-decade-long conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which has claimed over 40,000 lives. According to CPT data, 183 villages have been abandoned and an additional 602 are in danger of being evacuated because of fighting between Turkey and the PKK. Founded in 1978, the PKK initially called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan but now calls for autonomy. The group is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey. It has bases in the Kurdistan Region's mountains.
Rudaw Net
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
No Turkish attacks in Kurdistan Region for two days: Monitor
Also in Turkey Turkish parties taking 'positive steps' towards peace process: Researcher DEM Party says might visit Rojava for Turkey-PKK peace talks DEM Party ready to facilitate implementation of Ocalan's peace message: Spox Turkey's nationalist leader welcomes Ocalan's call for disarmament A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - There have been no clashes between the Turkish army and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region in the last two days amid a unilateral ceasefire by the PKK, a conflict monitor said on Tuesday. 'For more than 40 hours, the Turkish military has not carried out any ground operations in the Kurdistan Region,' Kamaran Osman from the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a human rights organization that monitors Turkey's operations in the Kurdistan Region, told Rudaw. On Saturday, the PKK declared a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, stating it agrees with the contents of leader Abdullah Ocalan's recent letter that called on the group to disarm and disband, but set a physical meeting with their jailed leader as a precondition to any successful peace process. Ocalan's letter has sparked hope for a resolution to the nearly four-decade-long conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which has claimed over 40,000 lives. According to CPT data, 183 villages have been abandoned and an additional 602 are in danger of being evacuated because of fighting between Turkey and the PKK. Osman said that the last aerial bombardment by Turkey was on Sunday. Founded in 1978, the PKK initially called for the establishment of an independent Kurdistan but now calls for autonomy. The group is designated a terrorist organization by Turkey. It has bases in the Kurdistan Region's mountains.
