Turkey sends more commando forces to Kurdistan Region

<p style="text-align:left">Turkey has sent additional commando forces to Kurdistan Region for the third phase of an operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish defence official said during a press briefing on Wednesday.

Operation Claw against the PKK was launched on May 23 in Iraq&rsquo;s Hakurk region.
Colonel Tamer Zincir told reporters that a new phase of the operation started last week.
&ldquo;Our new commando forces were sent to the field. The operation&rsquo;s location extended to the east is a region the terrorists start deploying forces for the winter period we call winter deployment,&rdquo; state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Zincir as saying.
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