Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday’s attack on the district of Zakho in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed nine Iraqi tourists, including a child, and wounded 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad al-Sahaf said the ministry also recalled Iraq’s charg d’affaires from Ankara. Iraq’s parliament held a session Saturday on the attack, with lawmakers deciding to form a committee to investigate further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turkey, which has several bases in northern Iraq and often conducts cross-border military operations there, says it’s targeting militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group, declared a terrorist organisation by Turkey and the West, has for decades waged an insurgency against the government in Ankara and maintains hideouts in Iraq’s mountainous north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And though Iraqi civilians, mostly local villagers, have been killed in past Turkish attacks, Wednesday marked the first time that tourists visiting the north from elsewhere in Iraq were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ankara has denied it was behind Wednesday’s attack. Iraqi media reported that the Security Council session was due next Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recent escalation threatens to further erode ties between the two neighbouring countries at a time when Iraq relies heavily on Turkish trade and negotiations are underway on water-sharing of the Tigris and Euphrates river basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the attack, angry Iraqis who took to the streets in protest and Baghdad summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Iraq, handing over a strongly worded” protest note, according to the foreign ministry.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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