Turkey establishes new bases in northern IraqMarch 29, 2018 - 17:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish army constructed several new bases in northern Iraq, following the withdrawal of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from several areas, Al-Masdar News reports. According to state-owned Anadolu News Agency, the Turkish Armed Forces setup military bases in the Hakurk and Kani Rash regions of northern Iraq. The Turkish Armed Forces were able to take advantage of the recent PKK withdrawal in northern Iraq to move their units into several abandoned areas. These bases were constructed without the consent of the Iraqi government, despite repeated demands by Baghdad to be notified before Ankara expands their military presence inside the country. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |