According to NRT the unit entered Barmiza village with military vehicles met with the villagers in the village’s mosque.

Turkish army has told the villagers that they were there to “target fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)”, the report said.

A Turkish army’s commander has also said they would stay in the area for a period, but he did not specify a timeline, sources said.

The Turkish army has entered 20 kilometers into the Kurdistan Region, local authorities said. The Turkish military has also created a number of military bases inside the Region.

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