Haider al-Abadi

Turkey expects more concrete and goal-oriented moves from Baghdad and Arbil in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a senior government official has said, stressing that anti-terror fight and the status of the Turkish military training camp in Bashiqa will be among top issues to be discussed during Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's visit to Iraq this weekend. 

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has taken a strong stance against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) using Iraq's territory to attack Turkey, on the eve of Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's key visit aiming to mend bilateral ties.  

Iraq will not accept the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to use Iraqi land to attack Turkey, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Jan. 3, a day before Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's visit to Iraq. 

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Dec. 27 that it would take three months to remove the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Iraq, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country. 

Iraqi parliament on Nov. 26 voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shiite militias, the al-Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization, as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu slammed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's remarks about an alleged "invasion," a day after Turkish tanks were deployed to Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Nov. 1 warned Turkey against provoking a confrontation, while stressing that he does not want war, after Ankara deployed tanks and artillery near its border with Iraq.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık met U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Brussels on Oct. 26, the second meeting in five days, as two countries ramp up joint efforts to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. 

Turkey is ready to launch a ground operation in Iraq if it feels threatened by developments there, Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said Oct. 25, at a time when a U.S.-backed offensive to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the city of Mosul is on the agenda.

Turkey is ready to launch a ground operation in Iraq if it feels threatened by developments there, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Oct. 25, at a time when a U.S.-backed offensive to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the city of Mosul is on the agenda.