Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkish forces have neutralized nine PKK members in northern Iraq and northern Syria, the Defense Ministry announced on Nov. 22.

According to the ministry, four were targeted in the Claw-Lock Operation region in northern Iraq. An additional five were "neutralized" in the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations zones in northern Syria.

Nearly 200 PKK members have been "neutralized" in airstrikes following a deadly terror attack in Ankara last week, defense sources said on Oct. 31.

According to sources, Turkish airstrikes targeted PKK targets in northern Iraq and Syria, hitting caves, shelters and warehouses used by high-ranking members.

Türkiye struck PKK targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day on Oct. 24 following an attack on the premises of a key defense company that killed at least five people.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) targeted "numerous strategic locations" used by PKK or those affiliated with the organization, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has emerged as the leading party in the long-awaited Iraqi Kurdish parliamentary election, securing 809,197 votes, according to preliminary results released by Iraq's electoral commission.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nechirvan Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in the Turkish capital Ankara on Oct. 16.

Ahead of the meeting, Barzani held talks with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın.

Fidan later joined Erdoğan's reception of the KRG president.

The Iraqi Turkmen Front has that its members in Iraq's Kirkuk province will continue to protest by not attending provincial council sessions, as they did during the previous governorate elections.

Turkish security forces "neutralized" 64 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and northern Syria over the past week, the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday.

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council on Tuesday banned the activities of three parties for links with the terrorist PKK group.

In a statement, the council outlawed the "Ezidi Freedom and Democracy" party, the "Democratic Struggle Front" and the "Kurdistan Community Freedom" party, and ordered confiscation of their properties.

Turkish forces have "neutralized" 12 PKK members in operations conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, the Defense Ministry said on Aug. 2.

"Neither northern Iraq nor northern Syria is safe for terrorists," the ministry said in a post on X.

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 13 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the country's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The terrorists were detected in the Gara and Haftanin regions of northern Iraq and "neutralized" in airstrikes, said the ministry on X.