Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Baghdad in protest at a new Turkish offensive targeting rebels in the north’s autonomous Kurdistan region. Turkey on Monday said it has launched an air and ground offensive against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Iraq handed Turkish ambassador Ali Riza Guney a “firmly-worded note of protest” urging its northern neighbour to “put an end to acts of provocation and unacceptable violations”, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Designated as a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies, the PKK ha…