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Turkey launches ground operation against PKK

Turkey has deployed commando forces to the Haftanin area of the Kurdistan Region against suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions in the area, the Turkish defense ministry announced in the early hours of Wednesday.

The ground operation, dubbed Operation Claw-Tiger, was being carried out due to “recently attempted increased harassment and attacks on our police station and base areas,” the defense ministry statement read. 

The ministry called Claw-Tiger “part of our legitimate defense rights arising from international law, oriented against the PKK and other terrorist elements.”

Turkish commando entry into the Kurdistan Region was supported by the Air Force, ATAK helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), the defense ministry said in a separate statement. 

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