Maximum Pressure: Turkey's Anti-PKK Counter-Terrorism Campaigns in Northern Iraq
Maximum Pressure: Turkey’s Anti-PKK Counter-Terrorism Campaigns in Northern Iraq Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 9 (source: dailysabah.com) In late April, the Turkish military launched a large-scale cross-border counter-terrorism campaign into northern Iraq, targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its network. The push into northern Iraq followed two main axes: Operation Claw-Lightning and Operation Claw-Thunderbolt (Pençe-Şimşek and Pençe-Yıldırım). Thus far, the counter-terrorism campaign has focused on disrupting the PKK’s logistical infrastructure a...
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