Iraqi Kurdish groups, who fear that a Turkish military existence in the region would undermine their region's autonomy, strongly criticised the offensive and urged the United States to increase pressure on Turkey to withdraw its troops.
Grupe iračkih Kurda koje strahuju da će tursko vojno prisustvo u regionu potkopati autonomiju njihovog regiona oštro su kritikovale ofanzivu i pozvale Sjedinjene Države da povećaju pritisak na Tursku da povuče svoje snage.