Turkey will hand over key base in Iraq in a gradual troop withdrawal deal
Turkey has agreed to a gradual withdrawal of its military forces from a base in northern Iraq. Control of the strategic facility will be transferred to the Iraqi government.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over its control to the Iraqi government, following a meeting between the two countries’ leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Iraq, meanwhile, pledged to remove armed groups that...
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