29 January 2018 - 00:14

Turkey is seeking to occupy Mosul: Kurdish deputy

<p style="text-align: left;">A parliament deputy from the Movement of Change (Gorran) in the Iraqi parliament warned Turkey is seeking to occupy the Iraqi northern city of Mosul on the pretext of the presence of the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers&rsquo; Party (PKK).

According to Shar Press, Hoshyar Abdullah stated that Turkey has long been planning to occupy the city and has made the preparations for the end.

As a member of the Iraqi parliament Commission of Security and Defense, Abdullah added that Turkey is planning to put its plan into action and uses the presence of the PKK forces as a pretext and has, in this regard, asked for Iraq’s help.

Abdullah asked the Iraqi government to not to cooperate with Turkey in putting its plan into action and do not led Ankara to violate Iraq’s integrity and attack Iraq.

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