Turkey Will Hand over Key Base in Iraq in a Gradual Troop Withdrawal Deal – WTOP News
- 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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Turkey will hand over key base in Iraq in a gradual troop withdrawal deal – WTOP News
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — 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. Iraq, meanwhile, pledged to remove armed groups that...
Turkey and Iraq reached an agreement on the phased transfer of the Bashik-Zelikan military base to the control of the Iraqi Government and the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Iraqi territory, an agreement reached at a meeting between Recep Tayip Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in New York on the UN Genassamble fields...
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump at a multilateral meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Turkey and Iraq have announced an agreement to gradually hand over Ankara a mistress base to the Iraqi Federal Government, within an agreed mechanism and timetable.
Türkiye and Iraq agreed to gradually hand over the Bashiqa base to Baghdad, while strengthening security in Sinjar and on the border.
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