Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday Ankara could launch a ground operation in Iraq to remove any ‘threats’ to Turkey that may arise. “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 ...
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIL group militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIL struck the town of Rutba in the country’s west and Kirkuk ...
