Turkey Nears Completion of Northern Iraq and Syria Operations, Erdoğan Announces
Turkey will soon conclude its latest military operation, Operation Claw-Lock, against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, President Erdogan announced. The operation, launched in April 2022, aimed to neutralize the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Turkey considers a terrorist group. Erdogan did not specify a timeline for the operation's end but emphasized the success of Turkish forces in securing the region.