PKK did not get arms from region – Kurdistan presidency

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The Kurdistan Workers Party ( Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK) fighters did not get any arms from the region, said the chief of the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s presidential cabinet on Sunday, responding to statements of the Turkish army’s chief of staff yesterday. “The region’s government did not provide help in any form to the PKK fighters in the Friday attack they conducted against the Turkish army,” Fouad Hussein told IraqiNews.com. “The PKK did not receive heavy arms from the Iraqi Kurdistan,” he emphasized. Hussein explained that the region’s presidency issued a release condemning the attack, adding “no one should condemn an act it is involved in”. MH (P)/AmR 1