[9] In late June, press sources reported that the Turkish military combat-tested the Bora ballistic missile during Operation Claw in the Kurdistan Region.

[10] In July, ground operations gradually died down, and only airstrikes were used in the Avasin-Basyan, Zap, Metina, Haftanin and Hakurk regions.

[13] As a result, the Turkish Army set up three new bases deep in the Hakurk region and established a dozen observation points.

[16] On the first night of the operation, Sekif Mountain, in the vicinity of Lolan Water and Martyr Derviş Hill, was bombarded by Turkish Armed Forces warplanes for hours, before Turkish commandos and special forces joined the airborne assault of the Sekif Mountain and Martyr Derviş Hill.

[17][18] By the end of the next day, the PKK suffered further losses according to the Turkish National Ministry of Defence, who claimed that another 15 militants were either killed or captured in northern Iraq's Hakurk area since the start of the operation.

[19] The PKK death toll increased by four on 30 May, but at the same time, the first Turkish losses were recorded: a specialist sergeant and a second lieutenant killed in action.