Turkey and Iraq have agreed to continue their cooperation in fighting anti-Islamic groups, including the Islamic State group and Kurdish rebels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip said Erdogan Thursday.
Speaking to reporters following meetings with a visit to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Erdogan also said he hoped the Iraq-Turkish oil pipeline damaged by the IS during the conflict would be destroyed. against the imminent overhaul of the militant group and the re-introduction of oil to world markets.
Turkey has infiltrated much of the land and air cross-border crime into northern Iraq to attack troops from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which maintains bases in the region. . In the latest attack in June, known as Operation Claw Tiger, Turkish commandos were brought into the Iraqi area.