Operation Claw-Sword: Turkey strikes Kurdish bases, read details inside

According to Turkish defense ministry, Operations Claw-Sword raids targeted Kurdish camps that were allegedly being used to conduct assaults against Turkey. According to a Syrian-Kurdish official, two communities occupied by internally displaced persons were damaged. The outlawed Kurdish PKK party denies responsibility for the Istanbul attack.

The Turkish defense ministry tweeted that the "hour of reckoning" had come as the air raids began, accompanied by a photo of a fighter jet taking off and footage of an explosion. "Terrorists' shelters, bunkers, caverns, tunnels, and stores were successfully demolished," stated Hulusi Akar, Turkey's Defense Minister.

According to Kurdish-led forces in Syria, the city of Kobane and two highly populated villages were targeted. According to reports, there have been a lot of casualties. It is unclear which Iraqi targets were struck.



What prompted the raid?
The raids came only a week after an explosion on one of Istanbul's main avenues killed six people and wounded over 80 others. Turkish police accused the blast on the PKK, a Kurdish militant group that Turkey, the EU, and the US consider a terrorist organization. On the other hand, the PKK stated that it would not "directly attack people" and denied culpability.

FAQs:

1. What causes the Kurdish–Turkish conflict?
   The Kurdish-Turkish dispute is a military struggle between the Republic of Turkey and numerous Kurdish insurgent groups that have either demanded independence from Turkey to establish an independent Kurdistan or repeatedly tried to secure freedom and greater cultural and political rights for Kurds within the Republic of Turkey.
2. When did the Kurdish–Turkish conflict start?
   The fighting began on November 27, 1978.