Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 25 Sept, 23:03 · Archive

Turkey will gradually transfer control of its Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad.

Turkey and Iraq have agreed that Ankara will gradually hand over control of the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government. The move aims to strengthen Iraqi state authority and ease tensions between the neighbours. Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi and Turkish President Erdogan pledged deeper security cooperation at the UN General Assembly.

Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq — Image: Euronews

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Will Turkiye end its military presence in northern Iraq?Ankara agrees to gradually hand over a base in Sinjar.Al Jazeera · 25 Sept, 20:06
Turkish forces to withdraw from strategic military base in northern IraqTurkey will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp, where it has had troops since 2015, to the Iraqi government.Euronews · 25 Sept, 13:31
Turkiye agrees to gradual handover of Bashiqa base to IraqIraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi and Turkish President Erdogan pledged deeper security cooperation at UNGA.Al Jazeera · 24 Sept, 02:04
Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq to BaghdadTurkey will gradually hand over control of its Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad, Ankara and Baghdad said Wednesday, in a move aimed at strengthening Iraqi state authority and easing a long-running source of tension between the neighbours.France 24 · 24 Sept, 01:02

In this story: Turkey · Iraq · Bashiqa · Recep Tayyip Erdogan · al-Zaidi

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