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Turkey to Withdraw Troops from Iraq’s Bashiqa
 [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his administration has reached an agreement with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... over Baghdad’s demand for the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from a camp in the north of Iraq. Abadi made the announcement on Saturday after he met with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in the capital. During a joint presser, Yildirim said that the issue of Turkish troops in Bashiqa camp near djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... will be solved with Iraq in a friendly way in line with clearing ISIS terror group. Explaining that the troops were stationed in Bashiqa out of a necessity, Yildirim said that great measures have been covered to clear ISIS from the region. Yildirim added that two parties have agreed to make the necessary efforts will be made in coordination with Peshmerga and Iraqi troops to clear Sinjar from terrorist elements, referring to PKK presence in the area. "For us, terror is the same no matter where it comes from. Therefore, Sinjar poses a primary threat for Turkey and we thank Dear Prime Minister’s sensitivity to leave this threat aside. We are ready to do necessary cooperation in this issue too," Yildirim said. Yildirim expressed his gratitude to Abadi for his latest statement that said Iraq won’t allow PKK to use its sovereign territory to damage Turkey. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-09 |
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