Iraq calls for Turkey to withdraw troops after nine killed in strike on holiday resort
The aftermath of the strike in the village of Parakhe
[CPT Iraqi Kurdistan / Twitter]
TURKEY faced a major backlash today after at least nine people, including children, were killed in a missile strike on a tourist resort in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Duhok province on Wednesday.
Dozens more were injured as Turkish artillery fire hit holidaymakers enjoying the summer sun in the village of Parakhe.
The youngest victim was one-year-old Zahra Hamza.
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