The ministry said in a statement the Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad, and that Iraq considered such presence „a hostile act“.(…)
Iraqi President Fouad Massoum earlier described the deployment as „a violation of international norms and law“ and called on Turkey to withdraw, echoing a statement from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi‘s media office a day earlier.
A senior Kurdish military officer based north of Mosul told Reuters that additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area overnight on Thursday escorted by a Turkish protection force.