Iraq to summon Turkish ambassador over deadly Kurdistan airport strike


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid speaks during a news conference as an ancient artifact brought back from Italy is exhibited, following his visit to Rome, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File photo

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid will summon Turkey's ambassador to Iraq to protest a drone strike on a small airport in the Kurdistan region on Monday that left several members of the Iraqi security forces dead, a presidency statement said.

Three members of the Iraqi counterterrorism service were killed and three others wounded on Monday in the strike on the small military airport of Arbid, the Iraqi military said.

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