Iraqi troops prepare to mobilise at border after Turkish attack
The bodies of nine people who were killed in an artillery attack blamed on Turkey in the northern Iraqi Kurdish region arrive at Baghdad Airport, Iraq, Thursday July 21, 2022.
IRAQI troops began preparing to mobilise to the border with Turkey today after army officials revealed the extent of the occupation of whole swathes of its territory.
Tensions remain high after Turkish artillery fire killed nine tourists, including a one-year-old baby, at a holiday resort in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Duhok province last week.
In what is the most serious escalation in decades, Iraqi soldiers have made their way to the border with Kurdish peshmerga forces to repel future attacks while demanding all Turkish troops leave.
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