ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A number of Turkish army trucks arrived at the Ibrahim Khalil border of the Kurdistan Region Monday morning on their way to Turkey in what could be troop rotation or partial withdrawal.
Rudaw’s Sulaiman Alikhan reported that 10 army trucks carrying soldiers and tanks passed through Duhok province towards the border.
In the early hours of Monday our correspondent also reported that a new batch of Turkish army trucks had crossed the Ibrahim Khalil border on their way to the Bashik base near Mosul.
“The vehicles were from Turkey and they crossed the border today,” said our reporter Alikhan.
“There was one Turkish soldier sitting next to the driver in each vehicle.”
The Turkish government deployed troops to Iraq’s Nineveh province late last month and they are based at Camp Bashiq 70 KM west of Erbil.
Information obtained by Rudaw showed the initial Turkish contingent consisting of 15 tanks, eight armored vehicles, 13 military vehicles and a number of trucks.
The number of Turkish soldiers is estimated between 150 to several hundred, according to some sources.
Baghdad has condemned the Turkish move as a violation of its sovereignty.
Rudaw’s Sulaiman Alikhan reported that 10 army trucks carrying soldiers and tanks passed through Duhok province towards the border.
In the early hours of Monday our correspondent also reported that a new batch of Turkish army trucks had crossed the Ibrahim Khalil border on their way to the Bashik base near Mosul.
“The vehicles were from Turkey and they crossed the border today,” said our reporter Alikhan.
“There was one Turkish soldier sitting next to the driver in each vehicle.”
The Turkish government deployed troops to Iraq’s Nineveh province late last month and they are based at Camp Bashiq 70 KM west of Erbil.
Information obtained by Rudaw showed the initial Turkish contingent consisting of 15 tanks, eight armored vehicles, 13 military vehicles and a number of trucks.
The number of Turkish soldiers is estimated between 150 to several hundred, according to some sources.
Baghdad has condemned the Turkish move as a violation of its sovereignty.
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