Mohamed Ali Alhakim
Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan discuss Syrians' return
Turkish foreign minister on Dec. 17 discussed the voluntary return of Syrians with his counterparts from Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with Iraq's Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Jordan's Ayman Safadi and Lebanon's Gebran Bassil in Geneva, Switzerland where he attended the three-day Global Refugee Forum.
ForMin Melescanu discusses with Foreign Ministers of Arab states, on sidelines of EU-LAS ministerial meeting
Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu discussed on Monday in Brussels with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on topics related to regional issues, as well as related to the future European Union - the League of Arab States (LAS) Summit, which will take place in Egypt between 24 and 25 February, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informs.
Turkish troops withdrawn from camp near Iraq's Mosul
Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trA number of Turkish troops stationed at Bashiqa Camp near Mosul on Dec. 14 were transferred to a region under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, Turkish sources told Hürriyet Daily News.
Turkish troops transferred from Bashiqa Camp
Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trA number of Turkish troops stationed at Bashiqa Camp near Mosul on Dec. 14 were transferred to a region under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, Turkish sources told Hürriyet Daily News.
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Iraq appeals to UN over Turkish forces' deployment
Iraq appealed to the United Nations Security Council on Dec. 11 to demand an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Turkish troops from northern Iraq, calling Turkey's military incursion a "flagrant violation" of international law.
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Iraq at UN plays down dispute with Turkey over troop deployment
Iraq's ambassador to the UN on Dec. 8 appeared to play down a dispute between Baghdad and Ankara over the deployment of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, saying bilateral talks between the neighboring states to end the row were proceeding favorably.
UN Security Council seeks to choke off ISIL funds
The U.N. Security Council was set to adopt a resolution aimed at choking off millions of dollars in earnings from oil sales, antiquities trafficking and ransom payments to the self-described Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Seized nuclear material in Iraq 'low grade': IAEA
The U.N. atomic agency said on Thursday it believed nuclear material Iraq said had been seized by insurgents was "low grade" and did not pose a significant security risk.
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Iraq tells UN 'terrorist groups' seized former chemical weapons depot
Iraq's government has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to "armed terrorist groups" and is unable to fulfill its international obligations to destroy toxins kept there, the country's U.N. envoy told the United Nations.