Reporting on South Kurdistan and Iraqi authorities, AFP has said that the Turkish army has crossed the border following the PKK attack in Þemdinli.

These claims haven’t been confirmed by PKK nor by independent sources but the Turkish army already crossed the border several times. Since the beginning of the year, Turkish army has many times step into South Kurdistan lands and airspace with warplanes and overland artillery.

Speaking to AFP, Iraq Foreign minister Hoþyar Zebari said; “Neither country must carry out unilateral actions. Unfortunately, this is not the case with Turkey.”

Turkish army has carried out a land operation for the second time in the last five days. PKK sources had stated that the former cross border operation didn’t succeed and that the Turkish army had to retreat without crossing the border.

Minister Zebari said that the air assaults of the Turkish army have lasted for months are “definitively a contravention of Iraq’s sovereignty, independence and the good relations between neighbor countries.”

Translator: Berna Ozgencil