Government says it was not informed of deployment near Isis-held Mosul described by Turkey as a rotation of training personnelIraq’s foreign ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed to northern Iraq,near the Islamic State controlled city of Mosul. The ministry said on Saturday that the Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad, and that Iraq considered such presence “a hostile act”.
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Source: theguardian.com