Turkey, Iran Spar Diplomatically Amid Turkish Threats Over Iraq
Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish embassy in Baghdad on Feb. 18.
Photographer: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
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Turkey and Iran called in each other’s ambassadors as Turkey threatens to attack Kurdish separatists on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar, an area used by Iranian militants to cross into Syria.
The diplomatic row follows a botched Turkish operation that resulted in the deaths of 13 hostages on Mount Gara in northern Iraq in February. Turkey said the captives were executed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.