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Baghdad
Iraq cancelled a visit set for Thursday by the Turkish defence minister to Baghdad after a deadly airstrike in Kurdistan allegedly carried out by Turkey.
Turkey frequently launches attacks in northern Iraq, saying it targets the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and other terrorist groups.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi army said two senior border officers were killed in a strike by a Turkish drone north of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan.
The strike hit a military vehicle the two officers were riding in, also resulting in the deaths of its drivers, according to the Iraqi army.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Baghdad had cancelled the Turkish defence minister’s visit.
Later on Wednesday, the ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad in protest against what it called “Turkey’s constant violations.”
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