According to information confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the number of mercenaries recruited by Turkey to fight in the Kurdistan Region in North Iraq has exceeded 550. It was reported that these mercenaries will be under the paramilitary structures such as Al-Hamza, Sultan Suleyman Shah, and Sultan Murad.

The SOHR said that Turkey sent a new group of 150 people to the Kurdistan Region.

In July 22, SOHR sources reported that Turkish authorities were forcing hundreds of fighters to fight as mercenaries against the PKK in South Kurdistan.