Iraq security chief urges Turkey, PKK to withdraw after peace deal
Wednesday, 5 March, 2025 , 16:45
Baghdad, March 5, 2025 (AFP) — Iraq's national security adviser on Wednesday urged Turkish forces and PKK fighters to withdraw from the country's north if a peace plan between Ankara and the outlawed group is successfully implemented.
"We don't want either the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) or the Turkish army on our land... Iraq wants everyone to withdraw," Qassem al-Araji told AFP. "Turkey has said more than once that it has no territorial ambitions in Iraq."
