Turkey has carried out airstrikes in the last three days and is conducting a rare ground that it says is waging against the PKK forces in the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq. The Turkish military has also deployed special forces in the region, after bombing dozens of areas with F-16 fighter jets, against what it called the presence of the PKK forces in the Kurdish region.
The United States, a Turkey ally, which has also military bases in Kurdistan Region, has reacted to the new Turkish attacks in the region.
An unnamed U.S. State Department official told The National Interest magazine that the United States wants Ankara to respect the sovereignty of Iraq as a neighbor; but at the same time, the U.S. recognizes Turkey's legitimate security concerns.
The U.S. official further went to add that the issue was related to the sovereignty of the two countries and that the two sides needed to resolve it.
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