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Turkish jets strike civilian areas in Iraqi Kurdistan for second time in recent days

TURKISH jets attacked civilian districts of the Gara and Matin mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Duhok province today morning, according to local media.

NRT reporter Nihad Oramari said that the missiles had struck areas near the villages of Kurku, Bnavi and Kafia at least five times. No casualties were reported as a result of the air strike, which was the second in recent days.

Though the missiles did not hit any homes, they struck agricultural land and areas where local residents collect spring grass and seeds.

Turkey frequently bombs Iraqi Kurdistan, claiming that it is targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has a number of bases in the mountainous border region.

But civilians targets are frequently hit and Kurdish officials accuse Ankara of trying to intimidate the local population and deter them from supporting the guerilla fighters.

Last June, Turkey launched Operation Claw Eagle, a campaign which opened with the bombing of the United Nations-administered Makhmour refugee camp and Shengal, the site of a 2014 genocide of Yazidi people at the hands of Isis.

Last year, Peyman Thalib, who lost her leg in a Turkish air strike on the Kuna Masi holiday resort, told the Morning Star that Britain, Nato and others bore a share of responsibility for the attacks since they were continuing to supply arms to Ankara.

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