Turkey rejects carrying out deadly strikes in northern Iraq

The bodies of eight people who were killed in an artillery attack blamed on Turkey in the northern Iraqi Kurdish region arrive at Baghdad Airport, Iraq, Thursday July 21, 2022 (Media Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq/AP/PA)

Turkey’s foreign minister has rejected accusations that the country’s military carried out deadly artillery strikes against tourists in northern Iraq.

In an interview with Turkish state broadcaster TRT, Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey was willing to cooperate with Iraqi authorities to shed light on the “treacherous attack”.