By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The Iraqi government has protested over Turkey’s air strikes against Kurdish areas in northern Iraq Sunday.
Iraqi Foreign Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Mohammad Al-Haj Hammoud summoned the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad and handed him a protest letter after Turkish warplanes raided northern Iraqi villages in Sulaimaniya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Turkish army has been intensifying its crackdown on militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey and northern Iraq.
The ministry statement said the Turkish air strikes killed a woman, injured four others and displaced many families.
Hammoud demanded an immediate halt to the Turkish military operations.
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