Turkey Intends to Increase Military Presence on Border With Iraq

© AP Photo / Burhan Ozbilici, FileTurkish army's tanks at the Turkey-Iraq border (File)
Turkish army's tanks at the Turkey-Iraq border (File) - Sputnik International
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his intention to boost military presence on the border with Iraq.

ANKARA (Sputnik) – According to Erdogan, if Shia militias start conducting terrorist attacks in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, predominantly populated with Iraqi Turkmen, Turkey will be able to respond.

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"We will build up troops in the Silopi districts [near the borders of Iraq and Syria]," Erdogan told journalists.

However, Erdogan admitted, that he had no confirmation of the militia’s plans to attack the city.

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