CENTRAL NEWS – Mesopotamia News Agency has spotted the Turkish occupation army deploying its forces in villages along the border with Southern Kurdistan.
In the past week, military vehicles moved to the border villages of Colemêrgê and Şirnexê. The Wan-Colemêrgê and Şirnexê-Colemêrgê roads witness daily movements of military convoys, which include heavy weapons.
According to the information, these forces have been deployed in the villages of Zawiti, Ashot, and Kayman in the district of Gali, the village of Almouni in the district of Qileban in Şirnexê and the Suvara Kotra area.
According to the agency, tents were erected and the buildings of many official institutions were evacuated in order to house the soldiers. Worth to note, high-ranking Turkish military officials met at a military base in the Suvara Kotra region and discussed the military operation which considered the first of its kind in terms of the size and intensity.
One source claims that the number of Turkish troops in Iraq has risen to over 10,000, but a news outlet aligned with Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) says there are only 2,000 troops, with approximately 500 of them mechanized units in Bamarni, and 400 of them from Bolu Commando Brigade in Kani Masi.
It also claims that there are 130 Special Forces as liaison officers in Erbil, Zaho, Dohuk, Batufa, Sulaymaniyah, and Amadiya. In the town of Simele, Turkish intelligence units are reinforced with new recruits, while military tanks, recently updated by Israel, are deployed in Bashiqa base.
In a rare move, Turkey’s Directorate of Communications published a map in 2020 which showed the positions of Turkish troops in northern Iraq. The map has since been removed. According to the map, from Zakho to Hakurk in the west–east axis and from Avashin to Erbil in the north–south axis, Turkey has 38 military posts or bases in northern Iraq.
