Iraqi spokesman: Baghdad to continue complain to SC, AL about Turkish incursion

Sa'ad al Hadeithi, the spokesman for the media office of Iraqi prime minister, said his country will continue to complain to the Security Council and Arab League over the recent Turkish incursion into Iraqi territories despite the Turkish redeployment.

In press statements on Tuesday, he said his country considers the Turkish redeployment in Mosul a partial withdrawal.

Turkey withdrew forces Monday from a north Iraq camp where Baghdad said they were deployed without its permission, a move that may help defuse a bitter diplomatic row with Ankara.

It was not immediately clear how many soldiers were removed from the camp, where Ankara sent troops and tanks on a deployment last week it has defended as routine and necessary to protect Turkish trainers working with Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group.

Baghdad has sharply criticized the deployment, terming it an "incursion" that violated the country's sovereignty, repeatedly demanding the forces be withdrawn and complaining to the United Nations Security Council.

Sources: MENA