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Iraq: UN urged to order Turkish pull-out

by Our Foreign Desk

IRAQ took its dispute over the Turkish troop presence in the oil-rich Mosul region to the United Nations security council yesterday.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asked the security council to “shoulder its responsibilities” and order the withdrawal of the Turkish troops stationed at a military base near Mosul in the north of Iraq.

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