The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement, reported by the Iraqi News Agency INA on Saturday, that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter of complaint to the Security Council and requested it to hold an emergency session to discuss the Turkish aggression."

The Iraqi parliament will discuss, in an emergency session today, the Turkish attacks on northern Iraq. Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq movement in Iraq, Sheikh Qais Khazali, called on parliament to issue a resolution obligating the government to remove Turkish forces from Iraq, considering that the ongoing Turkish attacks call for a unified and firm stance.

The Iraqi parliament earlier announced its intention to hold a session in the presence of the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Army.

Furthermore, Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, demanded an immediate investigation into the artillery shelling of Dohuk on Friday.

Signs of a diplomatic dispute erupted between Iraq and Turkey after Baghdad accused Ankara of launching a missile attack on a tourist resort in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk on Wednesday, killing nine people, including children, and wounding dozens. However,  Ankara denied responsibility for the attack and said that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, bears responsibility for the bombing of Dohuk.