Preparation of Iraqi parliament for the expulsion of Turkish troops.
The Iraqi parliament has begun a serious parliamentary movement to expel Turkish troops from the north of the country.
Iraqi lawmakers are preparing to withdraw Turkish troops from northern Iraq, which has long been violating the country’s airspace and territory under the pretext of fighting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). These violations of sovereignty continue amid constant condemnations and protests by the Iraqi central government and officials.
Since last April, Ankara has launched new ground and air operations under the pretext of confronting the PKK in northern Iraq, using its special forces and drones. The operation, dubbed “Claw Lock,” follows two other operations, “Tiger Claw” and “Eagle Claw,” which the Turkish military conducted in 2020 in northern Iraq.
Turkey has carried out most of these attacks in the Sinjar region and in the mountainous areas of Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Turkish Ministry of Defense claimed before it launched a new operation last April that it had information indicating that the PKK intended to carry out a large-scale operation. Against Turkey.
Preparing the Iraqi parliament for the expulsion of Turkish troops
Al-Fatah coalition representative in the Iraqi parliament, Mehdi Taqi, announced in a press conference that there was a parliamentary movement to expel Turkish forces from Iraqi territory.
“There is a movement by representatives of various political groups aimed at expelling Turkish forces from Iraqi territory in the north of the country,” he said. “Government-parliamentary meetings will be held to discuss ways to expel these forces, which are currently considered occupying forces.”
The Iraqi envoy added: “Silence in the face of Turkey’s presence inside Iraqi territory leads these forces to increase and expand their penetration deep into Iraqi territory, and this is a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and threatens its national security, and therefore can not be “She was silent about it.”
