Sinjar District

Iraqi troops have been deployed in parts of the country’s Sinjar district, from which militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) recently retreated.

On our return from a NATO meeting, I spoke to Defense Minister Fikri Işık about the new U.S. administration's stance. He said, "They are more open to dialogue compared to the Obama administration. They are listening carefully to our justifications." 

Turkey wants to see concrete steps from the central Iraqi government against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) presence in the Sinjar district, west of Mosul, the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad has said.      

Military force may be an option to fight the presence of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Sinjar district near Mosul in northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has said, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported on Dec. 24.