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The Grand Turk
Erdogan meets Iraqi Kurdish region's leader Barzani
2017-02-27
[AA.TR] Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
met the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region Sunday in Istanbul.

The one-hour closed meeting between Erdogan and Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Regional Government, took place in Mabeyn Palace on the European side.

Economic ties and saving djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
from ISIS terror group were the main topics, according to Barzani’s office.

On Wednesday, Erdogan’s front man Ibrahim Kalin said about the meeting: "We have a lot to talk about.

"Iraq is important for us in all terms -- economically, in terms of border security and in humanitarian and cultural terms," he said.

Ankara has taken an active role in the international fight against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria. Turkish troops provide training to local fighters in Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul.

In Syria, the Turkish military announced Friday that the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield has resulted in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
-backed Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
wresting control of al-Bab -- 30 kilometers south of Turkey-Syria border -- from ISIS.

Posted by:Fred

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