Turkey has reinforced its border with Iraq with large contingents of soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers as it urged the U.S. to crackdown on Kurkish rebel bases there and debated staging a cross-border offensive.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey has sent large contingents of soldiers, tanks, guns and armored personnel carriers to reinforce its border with Iraq -- amid heated debate over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.
Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated up over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it was looking into a proposal for a union of Mediterranean countries but would never accept it as an alternative to its European Union membership bid.
Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey | Turkey has reinforced its border with Iraq with large contingents of soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers.
May 30 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey's Constitutional Court will seek criminal charges against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Erdogan criticized the court for blocking the nation's presidential election.
Tension rises amid speculation Turkey may launch an incursion into Iraq to tackle Kurdish rebels.
Turkey has sent large contingents of reinforcement soldiers, tanks and armored personnel carriers to its border with Iraq as debate heated...
Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fueling US concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.The move came on the day that US forces handed over responsibility for security in Iraq's three Northern provinces to the Kurdish regional government.