A diplomatic row occurred between the Iraqi and Turkish governments following the event, with the Turkish government later providing visual evidence and analysis to the Iraqi government showing the family was not killed by Turkish airstrikes.
Nakon tog događaja došlo je do spora između iračke i turske vlade, a turska vlada kasnije je iračkoj vladi pružila vizualne dokaze i analize koji pokazuju da obitelj nije ubijena u zračnim napadima turskih snaga.