Turkey sends 10,000 troops to Iraq border:
The Turkish military dispatched about 10,000 troops to the border with northern Iraq yesterday as part of its largest offensive against Kurdish militants for three yearsTurkey and Iran to co-operate against PKK: Foreign ministers of two countries join hands against Kurdish fighters as Turkey resumes offensive for second day.. Ref. Source 3
Iraq calls Turkey "hostile state" as relations dim
Maliki was responding to comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in which Erdogan accused the Iraqi leader of fanning tensions between the country's Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds with his "self-centered" ways. Ref. Source 2
Turkey snubs Iraq's call for troop pullout:
Turkey has ignored a recent Iraqi move not to extend treaties signed in the past allowing the presence of foreign forces or military bases on Iraqi territory, but Turkey has maintained several military bases in northern Iraq since the 1990s. Ref. Source 9
Turkish airstrike kills two Iraqi civilians-official:
Two Iraqi civilians were killed and three more wounded in a Turkish airstrike on northern Iraqi Kurdistan targetting Kurdish separatists, a Kurdistan official said on Wednesday. Ref. Source 5