Abadi hints at Turkey ‘plot’ to control Nineveh
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has renewed his call on Turkey to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, saying he hoped Ankara would help Baghdad…
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Turkish jets bomb northern Iraq
The Turkish military says its warplanes have carried out airstrikes against militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), destroying their compounds in northern…
Iraq denies Turkey’s claims of Daesh raid
Iraq has rejected Turkey’s claims that its forces “illegally” deployed to the Arab country had come under attack by Takfiri Daesh terrorists. “The…
Ankara troops cause lots of tension in Iraq: Premier Abadi
The Iraqi prime minister says Ankara shows no respect to an agreement on pulling back its troops from the country’s north, accusing…
Turkey to move troops from Iraq
(CNN)Turkey announced Saturday it would move its troops from Iraq after weeks of tensions over its military presence near the city of…
Is the Turkish invasion of Iraq nothing more than a new oil play?
In early December Turkey unilaterally invaded Iraq and occupied Mosul; geopolitical analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya suggests that by seizing Mosul Ankara is…
US steps up pressure on Turkey to withdraw troops from Iraq
The United States has significantly ratcheted up pressure on the Turkish government to withdraw recently dispatched troops out of Iraq, with President…
Ayatollah Sistani: Iraq gov’t should not tolerate infringement of sovereignty
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, called on the government on Friday to show ‘no…