How has Iraq responded to Turkish military actions?

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Iraq has protested and escalated its response to Turkish military actions by cancelling visits and formally confronting Ankara over a deadly drone strike
Iraq cancelled a ministerial visit and summoned Turkey’s ambassador after blaming Ankara for a drone strike that killed two high-ranking Iraqi border guard officers and the driver of their vehicle. Iraqi officials described the attack as a “blatant Turkish drone attack” in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, and said the strike targeted border guard commanders while they were meeting with PKK fighters. Iraq also escalated its diplomatic protest by issuing the Turkish envoy a “letter of protest with strong words” and cancelling the welcome for Turkey’s defence minister.
Iraq cancelled a ministerial visit and summoned the Turkish ambassador
Iraq’s foreign ministry announced it would summon Turkey’s ambassador again following the strike that killed two border guard battalion commanders and their driver. The ministry said the ambassador would be given “a letter of protest with strong words” rejecting the actions it described as aggression. It also confirmed the Turkish defence minister would no longer be welcomed the next day.
The foreign ministry had already summoned the envoy twice over the military action
Iraq said it had already summoned the Turkish envoy twice before this latest protest, linked to the broader Turkish military action in Iraq. The most recent step came after the drone strike in the Pradost region, which Iraqi officials framed as occurring on Iraqi soil in the autonomous Kurdish area. This sequence shows Iraq’s response moved from repeated summonses to additional diplomatic steps, including cancelling a ministerial visit.
Iraq’s presidency denounced the strike as a sovereignty violation and demanded a halt
The Iraqi presidency denounced the incident as “a dangerous violation of Iraqi sovereignty” and called on Ankara to “stop all its military operations” in the region. This presidential message was issued alongside the foreign ministry’s formal diplomatic actions, including the protest letter and the decision to bar the Turkish defence minister’s welcome. The deaths were also described as the first Iraqi troop losses since Turkey launched its cross-border operation in mid-June against PKK rebels.
Iraq described the drone strike as targeting border guard commanders linked to a PKK-related meeting
Local reporting cited an attack on Iraqi border guard commanders while they were in meetings with PKK fighters, in the Pradost region. Witnesses had reported clashes earlier in the day between PKK and Iraqi forces, with local sources describing the strike as hitting an emergency meeting meant to calm tension. Iraq’s official characterisation of the strike as Turkish and drone-based underpinned its decision to intensify protests against Ankara.

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