Shafaq News/ On Monday, a localsource reported that villages in Mawat, within Al-Sulaymaniyah governorate ofthe Kurdistan Region, were subjected to shelling.
The source told Shafaq News that"the shelling targeted the village of Kweirkan in the Mawat district."
"The shelling was carried outby Turkish military drones."
Turkish forces regularly conductairstrikes in northern Iraq, targeting KurdistanWorkers' Party (PKK) bases, which often lead to civilian casualties andinfrastructure damage. The conflict between Turkiye and the PKK dates back tothe early 1980s when the PKK, founded by Abdullah Öcalan, began advocating foran independent Kurdish state within Turkiye. In the 1980s and 1990s, theconflict escalated as the PKK waged guerrilla warfare while the Turkishmilitary conducted extensive operations against PKK bases, particularly insoutheastern Turkiye and northern Iraq.