Turkish prime minister said on Tuesday that Iraqi government forces took control of the key border crossing with Turkey in the Iraqi Kurdistan region after weeks of tensions between Baghdad and Arbil. The border crossing “has been handed over to the central government” of Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told ...
Turkey said on Thursday the Iraqi Kurdish offer for last month’s referendum on ‘independence’ to be frozen is “not enough,” instead urging the Arbil government to cancel the vote. “It is an important move that the northern Iraqi administration takes a step back but it is not enough. This referendum ...
