Iran, Iraq hold exercises near Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurdish official
Monday, 2 October, 2017 , 12:51
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Oct 2, 2017 (AFP) — Iranian and Iraqi forces conducted joint military exercises on Monday near the border with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, a Kurdish official said, amid tensions over the Kurds' independence vote.
"Iraqi and Iranian units began exercises at 11:00 am (0800 GMT) with tanks and infantry only 250 metres (yards) from the border," Shwan Abu Bakr, the Kurdish customs chief at the Bashmakh border post, told AFP.
