Turkiye to withdraw forces from Iraq base, hand over control to Baghdad
Turkiye 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 UN General Assembly in New York. Iraq, meanwhile, pledged to remove armed groups that Turkiye considers security threats from the region of Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq, according to a joint statement issued after the meeting late Wednesday between Turkish President Recep …



