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Iraq
Iraqi army takes control of Turkey border from Kurds
2017-11-01
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Iraqi military delegation is preparing to take control of the Kurdistan region border with Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Tuesday.

The delegation headed by the Iraqi army chief of staff, Lieutenant General Othman al-Ghanmi, is visiting the Fish-Khabur triangle formed by the Iraqi Ottoman Turkish Syrian border, in northwestern Iraq, a statement from the Iraqi joint operation command in Baghdad said.

The visit aims to "control the international border" it said, mentioning Iraq’s two crossings with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
and Syria, respectively Ibrahim al-Khalil and Fish-Khabur.

Iraqi officials told Rooters earlier on Tuesday Iraqi customs officials took control of the Ibrahim al-Khalil main land crossing with Turkey.

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