MOSUL, Iraq — A child was killed on Wednesday in an air strike on Iraq’s northern region of
Sinjar, security sources said, blaming the Turkish air force.
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The heartland of
Iraq’s
Yazidi minority, Sinjar is frequently targeted by Turkish air strikes
against bases of Türkiye’s separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The strike hit a
“municipal council building in Snuny”, a village near the border with Syria,
said a security official in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.
“A 12-year-old
child was killed and six other people were wounded,” the official said on
condition of anonymity.
Another security
source said two civilians were killed in the strike on the base of Ezidikhan, a
Yazidi protection force close to the PKK.
Both sources
alleged the attack had been carried out by the Turkish air force.
Türkiye launched a
new offensive in northern Iraq in April dubbed “Operation Claw-Lock”, which it
said targets PKK bases and training camps.
Designated as a
terrorist group by
Ankara and its Western allies, the PKK has been waging an
insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 that has claimed tens of
thousands of lives.
The Yazidis are a
non-Arab, Kurdish-speaking minority who have been persecuted for centuries,
most recently by Daesh.
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