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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 Iraq–Turkey border is 367 km (228 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Syria in the west to the tripoint with Iran in the east. [2] Description.
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]
Iraq, [a] officially known as the Republic of Iraq, [b] is a country in West Asia, bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west.
After Turkey withdrew from Iraq, it reported having completed their mission and having killed more than two-hundred PKK militants while also admitted the loss of twenty-seven Turkish soldiers. [42] On the other side the PKK reported the death of over a hundred dead Turkish soldiers and only having lost five militants. [ 42 ]
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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 ...
PKK spokesman Ahmed Deni said three fighters had been killed during initial strikes on Dohuk province in northern Iraq. [8] Barham Ahmed Hama Rasheed, mayor of the town of Rania, and officials in Northern Iraq claimed a family of seven were killed by the Turkish army on Sunday. According to Rasheed, among those killed was a 3-month-old infant. [17]