The Anadolu agency, reported at least 150 Turkish soldiers with 20-25

SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2015

The Anadolu agency, reported at least 150 Turkish soldiers with 20-25


The Anadolu agency, reported at least 150 Turkish soldiers with 20-25 tanks entered the Iraqi territory late Friday. Turkey already had near Mosul, which is under the control of the jihadists, a small group of soldiers trained Kurdish peshmerga and other groups fighting against the Islamic State.

On the part of the Iraqi government and the foreign ministry, called "invasion" energy Ankara and called on Turkey to withdraw its troops from the region. Indeed categorically rejected any military operation in Ankara which is not coordinated with the central federal government of Iraq.

According to sources in Washington in the international press, the US did not know about the energy of Turkey, which is not part of a planning alliance against jihadist Islamic State.