Operations Claw-Eagle and Tiger

Operations Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and Kurdish–Iranian conflict
Date15 June 2020 – 5 September 2020
(2 months and 3 weeks)
Location
Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Belligerents
 Turkey
Supported by:
 Iran (Artillery support)[1][2]		 Kurdistan Workers' Party
PJAK
Commanders and leaders

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Hasan Küçükakyüz
Turkey Ali Özmen

Turkey Hulusi Akar
Turkey Yaşar Güler

Cemîl Bayik

Murat Karayılan
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

Ministry of the Interior

KCK

Strength

Unknown personnel

Unknown
Casualties and losses

5 killed (per Turkey)[5]

300 killed (per PKK)[6]

83 killed, wounded or captured (per Turkey)[7][8]

51 killed (per PKK)[9]
7 civilians killed[10]

The joint Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger operations (Turkish: Pençe-Kartal Operasyonu and Pençe-Kaplan Operasyonu) was a Turkish Armed Forces external operation in northern Iraq.[11] The operation took place in the Qandil Mountains, the Sinjar District, and Makhmur, against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets, as part of the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish and Kurdish–Iranian conflicts. Claw-Eagle, the air campaign, began on 15 June 2020. Claw-Tiger, the ground campaign, was launched on 17 June.[12]

  1. ^ "Iranian artillery bombs border areas within Kurdistan Region: source". www.kurdistan24.net. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Turkey, Iran defy Iraq's sovereignty in seemingly coordinated strikes". Ahval. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ Ergan, Uğur (16 June 2020). "PKK'ya Kuzey Irak'ta 'Pençe-Kartal'". Hürriyet. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. ^ ""У кого больше дивизий, тот и прав": Турция вонзила в Ирак "Коготь орла"". Crimean Gazette. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Fifth Turkish soldier killed in Kurdistan Region".
  6. ^ 10 killed (16–17 June),[1] 20 killed (18–19 June),[2] 26 killed (19 June),[3] 34 killed (21 June),[4] 6 killed (22 June),[5] 13 killed (23 June),[6] 5 killed (25 June),[7] 21 killed (26 June),[8] 2 killed (27 June),[9] total of 300 reported killed
  7. ^ "Pençe-Kaplan ve Pençe Kartal operasyonlarında 83 terörist etkisiz hale getirildi". Haberler.com. 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Turkey hits 700 targets in Claw-Tiger Operation: Minister – Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News.
  9. ^ 3 killed (15 June),[10] 3 killed (16–17 June),[11] 2 killed (18–19 June),[12] 3 killed (19 June),[13][14] 1 killed (21 June),[15] 2 killed (25 June),[16][17] [18] 5 killed (28 June),[19] 2 killed and 1 captured (2 July),[20] 3 killed (10 July),[21] 2 killed (13 July),[22] 5 killed (14 July),[23] 1 killed (9 August),[24] 4 killed (24 July),[25] 1 killed (9 August),[26] 3 killed (11 August),[27] 1 killed (17 August),[28] 2 killed (25 August),[29] 2 killed (12 September),[30] 5 killed (3 October),[31] 3 killed (13 December),[32] 1 killed (4 January),[33] 4 killed (21 January),[34] total of 51 reported killed
  10. ^ "Iraqis flee border areas as Turkey strikes Kurdish militants". AP NEWS. 22 June 2020.
  11. ^ McKernan, Bethan (17 June 2020). "Turkey launches major attack on Kurdish militants in Iraq". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  12. ^ Aliyev, Jeyhun (17 June 2020). "Turkey launches Operation Claw-Tiger in northern Iraq". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 27 June 2020.