Türkiye voices concern after strike on Iraq gas field
Türkiye on Nov. 27 expressed concern over a drone attack that struck the Kormor natural gas field in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah province, saying such assaults threaten the country’s stability and broader regional prosperity.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Öncü Keçeli said in a statement that Ankara “views with concern” the overnight strike on the facility and “condemns all acts targeting civilian infrastructure.” He added that the Turkish Consulate General in Erbil had taken steps to ensure the safety of Turkish nationals working at the site.
Keçeli reiterated Türkiye’s support for Iraq’s security and stability and urged authorities to take measures to prevent further attacks on critical civilian facilities.
Iraq said on Nov. 28 it would investigate the drone strike, which forced a complete shutdown at the Kormor field and triggered widespread electricity outages across northern provinces dependent on its output.
The attack, the second in a week, caused a fire at one of the site’s main installations but resulted in no casualties, according to Iraqi officials.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility and authorities did not say who was behind the attack.
Related PostThe government is approaching the final stages of its anti-terror peace initiative, Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said on Nov. 28.
“We are pursuing our continued brotherhood in these lands in line with the goal of a terror-free Türkiye and now nearing completion to achieve results,” Kurtulmuş said at an event in the southern city of Adana.
The initiative is overseen by a parliamentary commission chaired by Kurtulmuş. The panel is set to convene on Dec. 4 to review findings from a delegation that visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on the İmralı prison island earlier this week.
"We are consigning the issue of terrorism, which imperial projects use as pawns and see as a proxy for policies of division and fragmentation, to history, never to be revived again.”
The ceremony at Çukurova University was attended by Adana Governor Yavuz Selim Köşger, deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), as well as academics and students.
"We are now leaving behind the scourge of terrorism, which has shackled the 50 years of our republic, preventing this country from moving forward and preventing its people from forming the world’s strongest nation in unity,” he said.
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