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 diplomatskog spora između iračke i turske vlade, a turska vlada je kasnije iračkoj vladi pružila vizuelne dokaze i analizu, koja pokazuje da porodica nije ubijena u vazdušnim napadima snaga.