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Iraq has in recent months tried to assuage Turkey's concerns about the PKK while pursuing its own agenda focused on growing economic ties and increasing access to scarce water from the Tigris and ...
Flows of crude oil through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkey could restart soon after an almost two-year shutdown. Sources told Reuters that U.S ...
Five Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday. The conflict took place in ...
Different foci in their extended foreign relations, however, did not preclude Iraq and Turkey from cooperating in common areas of interest. The Baghdad Pact is the evidence of the cooperation between two countries. On 24 February 1954, Iraq and Turkey signed a mutual-defense pact intended to contain the growth of Soviet influence in the region.
The operations resulted in a permanent Turkish presence in northern Iraq since 2018. [11] The Iraqi government at one time viewed these operations as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, [12] with President Barham Salih demanding from Turkey their end, and the withdrawal of all of the Turkish armed forces from his country's territory. [13]
Turkey proposed to set up a "joint operation centre" with Iraq in order to fight the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and Baghdad responded "positively" in a meeting last week, a Turkish ...
The joint Claw-Eagle and Claw-Tiger operations (Turkish: Pençe-Kartal Operasyonu and Pençe-Kaplan Operasyonu) was a Turkish Armed Forces external operation in northern Iraq. [11] The operation took place in the Qandil Mountains , the Sinjar District , and Makhmur , against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets, as part of the ongoing Kurdish ...
Turkey’s top diplomat was in Baghdad for high-level meetings on Thursday, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expected visit next month and a potential Turkish offensive against a Kurdish ...