[4] The Turkish authorities claim they had to depopulate the villages as they have been infiltrated by militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

[9] In 2014, as the Islamic State (IS) captured large areas of Iraq, the Makhmour Protection Units (MPU) where established in the camp.

[1] In June 2021, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded from the Iraqi Government and also the United Nations (UN) that the PKK should be evicted from the camp or Turkey would do it themselves as a member of UN.

A Turkish official spoke to the BBC after the operation and claimed the airstrikes were directed at for the new roads built in the area through which attacks against Turkey were assumed to be executed.

[17] On Saturday 5th, during the Operations Claw-Lightning and Thunderbolt, Turkey made a target airstrike assassination killing the camp manager, Dr. Bozkir, as well as two others.

[18] The Jerusalem Post claimed the strike may have political value to distract from national embarrassment or may be motivated to continue to demonstrate and sell Turkish drones abroad.

[20] The US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield expressed her opposition to airstrikes in civilian housing areas, a new stature compared to the Trump's administration laissez-faire.