Turkey may launch ground operation against Kurds in Iraq if feels threatened – minister

‘Ankara warned that it may send ground troops to attack Kurdish forces in Iraq, if it feels threatened. Turkish forces and Kurdish militias are supposed to be allies of Iraq and the US-led coalition in an offensive against Islamic State-held Mosul.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Baghdad of “tying itself to a terrorist organization,” referring to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group responsible for a decades-long insurgency in the southeast of Turkey. Ankara says Iraqi Kurds are giving shelter to PKK forces and has been using aircraft to bomb the group’s training camps in the neighboring country, as well as in Syria.
Speaking to the Kanal 24 TV station on Tuesday, Cavusoglu said Turkey would not hesitate to use ground troops against Kurds in Iraq.’
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