Deadly Artillery Strike in Kurdish Region Throws Spotlight on Turkish Operations in Iraq

A picture shows the damage at a house following artillery strikes purportedly carried out by the Turkish army in the village of Hrouri in Iraqi's Kurdistan near the Turkish border north of Dohuk on April 25, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

ANKARA, Turkey—The U.N. Security Council met on July 26 to discuss an artillery attack that killed nine Arab tourists last week in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region.

While Baghdad blames next-door Turkey for the attack, Ankara denies the accusation, pointing the finger instead at the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a militant group based in mountainous areas of the Kurdish region near the Iraq–Iran border.