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Iraqi Army denies claims of clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga near Syrian border
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi army’s press service has refuted claims about festivities with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces near the northwestern town of Rabia near the Syrian border."The reports about festivities between Hashd Shaabi units and the Peshmerga forces near the village of Mahmoudiya of the Rabia district do not correspond with reality," the press service said in a statement quoted by the Iraqi NRT broadcaster. Hemin Hawrami, a senior assistant to Iraqi Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani stated earlier in the day, "This morning in Mahmudia near Rabiaa, PMF attacked peshemrge [Peshmerga] forces. Peshemrge repelled the attack and pushed PMF back in to Rabiaa." Later in the day, the Kurdish official accused the Iraqi forces of furher boosting military buildup along the line of contact with Iraqi Kurdistan and vowed that the region would mobilize all its resources for defense in case of an attack. Baghdad hasn’t commented on the claims so far. The statements came just a day after Erbil had demanded an "immediate" withdrawal of Iraqi troops from the Kurdistan region’s territory. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-25 |
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