Iraq demands Turkish troops withdrawal

Iraq demands Turkish troops withdrawal

The Iraqi government has demanded that Turkey withdraw troops it sent to an area near the northern city of Mosul.

The move was "serious breach of Iraqi sovereignty" Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said in a statement.

About 150 Turkish soldiers have been deployed near in the town of Bashiqa to train Iraqi Kurdish forces, earlier reports said.

Mosul has been under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group since last year.

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