Conflict
Some 30–50,000 On May 19th, the KDP launched a military operation to evacuate all PKK fighters from their capital in Erbil, ==International reaction==
International reaction
• : The Iranian government condemned the invasion "as not only a violation of all international laws but the sovereign rights and territorial integrity of the Iraqi Muslim nation" and denounced Turkish claims of Iranian support for the PKK as "a joint conspiracy by the Turkish military and Israel." ==See also==