Turkey to hand over military base to Iraq

According to a report by SCMP… Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced on Wednesday in a joint statement with its neighbour.
“In light of progress achieved by these security measures implemented by Iraq, Turkish forces will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan base to the Federal Government of Iraq in accordance with the agreed mechanism and timetable,” a joint statement said.
The announcement followed a meeting Wednesday between Turkish President… complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3368571/turkey-hand-over-military-base-iraq?utm_source=rss_feed