Kurdish officials urge environmentalists to raise voices to prevent ‘human catastrophe’
Trees in Behdinan region chopped down and being illegally taken to Turkey
KURDISH officials called for the international community to help prevent “a human catastrophe” in Iraqi Kurdistan today, warning that Turkey’s invasion is causing “a massive ecological disaster.”
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organisation of Kurdish groups including the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), warned of “great harm to the forests and wildlife” in the Zap, Avasin and Metina regions as a result of Ankara’s military offensive, which started on April 23.
“Turkey’s aim is to occupy the Kurdish territory and weaken Kurdish resistance forces like the PKK.
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