A handout image made available by the Turkish Ministry of Defense Press Office on June 17, 2020, shows the Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar looking at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command during a meeting at the Army Command Control Center in Ankara during the military operation dubbed "Claw-Tiger" on June 17, 2020. Turkey launched an air and ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on June 17, 2020, in a move likely to increase friction with the Baghdad government. (HANDOUT / TURKISH DEFENCE MINISTRY / AFP)

BAGHDAD - Two people were killed in an airstrike by a Turkish drone near the town of Sinjar in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said on Wednesday.

The Turkish aircraft also bombed a site in the village of Bara Khansour near Sinjar, but there are no reports on casualties yet, the statement said

The Turkish drone violated the Iraqi airspace at about 7:00 pm on Tuesday (1600 GMT) and bombed a pickup truck at a village near the town of Sinjar, some 100 km west of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, killing two people aboard but the driver survived the attack, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.

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The Turkish drone also bombed a site in the village of Bara Khansour near Sinjar, but there are no reports on casualties yet, according to the statement.

On Aug 12, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad to condemn the violation of Iraq's sovereignty by the Turkish forces and aircraft under the pretext of attacking suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in several areas in northern Iraq.

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The same day, the ministry canceled a planned visit by the Turkish defense minister to Baghdad scheduled on Aug 13 in protest against the Turkish attacks and violations.

Turkish forces frequently carry out ground operations, airstrikes and artillery bombardments against the positions of PKK militants in northern Iraq, especially the Qandil Mountains, the main PKK base.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union.

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