Turkish operation to rescue intelligence operatives in Iraq ends in catastrophic failure |
No less than 13 intelligence and police personnel, including two intelligence directors, were killed. Monday 15/02/2021 A June 2020 file picture shows Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar (R) looking at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command during a meeting in Ankara during the military operation dubbed “Claw-Tiger”. (AFP) ISTANBUL - A Turkish operation in northern Iraq ended in a bloodbath after special forces failed to rescue 13 elite intelligence and police officers who had been kidnapped by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants. Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Aka...
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