Türkiye will end its "Claw-Lock" cross-border operation in northern Iraq soon, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
"We will close the lock very soon in the Claw Operation Zone in northern Iraq," Erdogan said at the National Defense University's graduation ceremony.
Turkish forces have carried out cross-border operations against PKK militants in northern Iraq since 2019.
Erdogan said that the PKK had been "completely trapped" in both Iraq and Syria, telling young military academy graduates that Turkish forces were "all over them."
"We will complete the missing points of the security corridor along our southern border with Syria."
On Wednesday, Iraq denounced fresh incursions by the Turkish army into its territory in the autonomous Kurdistan region, urging Ankara to resolve security issues diplomatically.
