Ministry of Peshmerga

Delusion of relying on ?ncirlik as an asset for US-Turkish ties

The spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government?s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga, Helgurt Hikmet, said in a statement on Monday that the United States was ready to build a military base near the Iraqi Kurdistan capital of Arbil. The base will be used for ongoing coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)  positions, according to Hikmet.