![Iraqi kurds, some of them wearing protective masks due to COVID-19, march during a demonstration to denounce the Turkish assault in northern Iraq, in Sulaimaniyah city, in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq, on June 18, 2020. Turkey launched a rare ground assault into northern Iraq on June 17, deploying special forces against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which is blacklisted by Ankara as a "terrorist" group. Baghdad demanded Ankara immediately halt its assault in northern Iraq, where Turkish special forces and helicopters have been targeting Kurdish rebel hideouts. / AFP / Shwan MOHAMMED](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BJL6FP22UGK5Y7DZJSG5OJ4B3Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=3202988eb2625c62ead11fc95be7adaeb6f258c27be7f859c733e3bb1477a08c&width=400&height=225)
Iraqi Kurds march during a demonstration to denounce the Turkish assault in northern Iraq. AFP
Iraqi Kurds march during a demonstration to denounce the Turkish assault in northern Iraq. AFP
Civilians killed and wounded in Turkish strike in north Iraq
Two PKK fighters were also reportedly killed in the strike near the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah