Maliki told reporters that he was urging Baghdad to put an end to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) presence in the country and asked the Iraqi people to reject Turkey’s violation of Iraqi sovereignty.

"When will it end and will our Kurdish and Christian people remain under the brunt of this war, living in anxiety, sadness, killing and displacement,” Maliki said, condemning the "bombing of villages and farms.”

Turkey began another cross-border offensive under the pretext of fighting against the PKK known as "Operation Claw Lock” on Monday.

Turkey’s Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said warplanes, artillery, helicopters, drones and commandos attacked PKK headquarters, camps and positions.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Baghdad on Tuesday, calling for an end to the "continuous violations and incursions of the Turkish army,” and said the presence of most of the PKK fighters in northern Iraq was the result of an earlier agreement between Ankara and the PKK, despite Iraq’s rejection of the idea.

The Iraqi Presidency and Foreign Ministry have also condemned the Turkish attacks. Officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have largely remained silent but the Peshmerga Ministry denied on Wednesday any involvement that its forces were involved in Turkish operations.

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