Turkey's push into Iraq risks deeper conflict

Omar Abdullah Qasim stands with his grandson in the yard next to his house in Sararo village, where he claims several rockets landed during the Turkish bombardment last year, in Dohuk, Iraq, December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Amina Ismail

SARARO, Iraq (Reuters) - Looming over the deserted village of Sararo in northern Iraq, three Turkish military outposts break the skyline, part of an incursion that forced the residents to flee last year after days of shelling.

The outposts are just some of the dozens of new military bases Turkey has established on Iraqi soil in the past two years as it steps up its decades-long offensive against Kurdish militants sheltered in the remote and rugged region.