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Turkey likely to launch ground operation in Iraq

ANKARA: Turk Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has confirmed that Ankara may launch a ground operation in Iraq if it perceives any threat by developments there.

After the recent move of US-led coalition, Iraq’s future is uncertain and Turkey is concerned that the PKK could take advantage of the security vacuum and use northern parts of Iraq, including Mosul and Sinjar, as bases.

Iraqi government forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and international coalition led by the United States are carrying out an operation to liberate Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh terrorists.

The group has already bases in the Qandil mountains, just south of Turkey’s border. Turkey has accused the PKK of wanting to make Sinjar a “second Qandil.”

“If there is a threat posed to Turkey, we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation to eliminate that threat,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with a local TV broadcaster. “It is our most natural right under international law.”

The Iraqi central government in Baghdad has rejected Turkey’s participation in recent operation against ISIL but Ankara is taking active part in the Mosul operation, which is backed by the United States and the autonomous Iraqi regional government (KRG)

Ties between the two neighbours have been strained due to Turkey’s military base located in Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul, where Turkish troops train Peshmerga and other local forces in the fight against Daesh.

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