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Operations Claw-Lightning and Thunderbolt
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and Kurdish–Iranian conflict
Date23 April 2021 – present
(3 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
LocationMetina, Zap and Avashin Basyan regions, Duhok and Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Belligerents
 Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party
Commanders and leaders

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Hasan Küçükakyüz Turkey Ali Özmen

Turkey Hulusi Akar
Turkey Yaşar Güler

Cemîl Bayik

Murat Karayılan
Units involved

Turkey Turkish Armed Forces

Ministry of the Interior

KCK

Strength

Unknown personnel
50 aircraft including

Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed (per Turkey) 42 killed, wounded or captured (per Turkey)
Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Timeline
First insurgency
Second insurgency
Third insurgency
Serhildan
Peace process and peace efforts
Others

The joint Claw-Lightning and Claw-Thunderbolt operations (Turkish: Pençe-Şimşek Operasyonu and Pençe-Yıldırım Operasyonu) are ongoing Turkish Armed Forces cross border operations in northern Iraq. The operations are taking place place in the Metina, Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets, as part of the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

Operations

The operations began on the evening of 23 April 2021, with air and howitzer strikes targeting PKK positions in Northern Iraq. In the following hours of the strikes Turkish paratroopers and commandos airdropped from Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters to the points of Metina, Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions. Turkish Defense Ministry announced the "neutralization" of 42 militants and the destruction 500 targets while announcing 4 KIA of their own.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ergan, Uğur; Altuncu, Özgür (25 April 2021). "Komandolar Kuzey Irak'ta". Hürriyet. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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  3. ^ "6 günde 42 terörist etkisiz hale getirildi". Milliyet. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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