Ankara silent on Turkish agents allegedly caught in Iraq assassination plot - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Aug 28, 2017

Armed Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stand behind a barricade during clashes with Turkish forces on September 28, 2015, at Bismil, in Diyarbakir. Ankara launched a major "anti-terrorist" campaign against the PKK in late July, aimed at flushing it out of its strongholds in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN (Photo credit should read ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images) — Armed Kurdish militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party stand behind a barricade during clashes with Turkish forces, Bishil, Diyarbakir, Sept. 28, 2015. — ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images

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