Turkey Will Hand over Key Base in Iraq in a Gradual Troop Withdrawal Deal
The deal also calls for Iraq to restore full state authority in Sinjar and remove armed groups Turkey considers security threats.
- On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to transfer the Bashiqa-Zilkan Camp to Iraq and restore full state authority in Sinjar.
- The leaders met behind closed doors at the Turkish House in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly to finalize the agreement.
- Both sides committed to ending the presence of "proscribed" foreign armed elements in Sinjar, a region still grappling with the shadow of the ISIS genocide Twelve years later.
- Turkey has maintained a military presence near Mosul since 2015, straining relations with Baghdad, though officials provided no specific date for the base's handover.
- Al-Zaidi and Erdogan also agreed to accelerate strategic projects including the Development Road to strengthen bilateral economic ties and expand trade investment.
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It is a gesture that could turn a page between Ankara and Baghdad. Turkey will gradually hand over to Iraq control of its military base in Bachiqa-Zilkan near Mosul, in the north of the country. An agreement announced after a meeting in New York between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.
Since 2015, the Turkish military has been present in the Iraqi province of Ninawa, where many Israelis and Kurds live.
Turkey to Gradually Withdraw From Key Iraq Military Base, Hand Control to Baghdad | 🌎 LatestLY
Turkey has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over its control to the Iraqi government, following a meeting between the two countries' leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. 🌎 Turkey to Gradually Withdraw From Key Iraq Military Base, Hand Control to Baghdad.
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