MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-IRAQ AFTERMATH Aftermath of Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq

Record ID: 145482

  • Title: MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-IRAQ AFTERMATH Aftermath of Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
  • Date: 1st August 2015
  • Summary: ZARGALA VILLAGE, IRAQ (AUGUST 1, 2015) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) MEN WALKING NEXT TO TRUCK WEARING KURDISH TRADITIONAL OUTFIT AMBULANCES DRIVING WITH SIRENS MAN RUNNING NEXT TO AMBULANCE PEOPLE MOVING BODY WITH BLANKET OUT OF WRECKAGE WRECKAGE AFTER BOMBARDMENT MEN LIFTING DEAD BODIES WITH BLANKET PEOPLE RESCUING WOUNDED IN FOREST MEN LIFTING BODY WITH BLANKET VARIOUS OF
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3HGX88IQXMBVNAEGKQD3PTMPH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The president of Iraq's Kurdistan region on Saturday (August 1) condemned Turkey's bombardment of Zargala village, which he said left a number of civilians dead and called for all sides to return to the peace process.
    Turkey has repeatedly attacked Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq in the past week in what it said is a response to a series of targeted killings of police officers and soldiers that it has blamed on the Kurdish militant group.
    Video obtained by Reuters on Saturday (August 1) showed villagers in Zargala carrying the bodies of residents they said were killed in an airstrike at dawn. The locals said eight people were killed including four belonging to the same family and four more were wounded.
    Zargala lies in the Qandil mountain range in northern Iraq.
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