Iraq denounced as a ‘clear violation’ Turkish ground incursion into its territory in reported pursuit of Kurdish militants.

Iraq denounced as a ‘clear violation’ Turkish ground incursion into its territory in reported pursuit of Kurdish militants.

The Iraqi "foreign ministry condemned Turkey for dispatching number of Turkish military units into Iraqi territory," spokesman Ahmed Jamal said in a statement on Thursday.

"It represents a clear violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a clear offense to bilateral relations between the two countries," he said.

Two units of the special forces crossed into northern Iraq on Tuesday after at least 14 Turkish police officers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the eastern Igdir Province the same day.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency said 150 Turkish troops have entered northern Iraq with the aim of "destroying" two dozen militants with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The PKK and Turkish forces are again trading attacks on the ground and from the air, upending a 2013 ceasefire between the two sides.