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Turkey starts tank drills on Iraqi border week before Kurdish vote

Turkish tanks are seen near the Habur crossing gate between Turkey and Iraq during a military drill on September 18, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Rahshan Saglam
Press TV, Istanbul

The Turkish army has launched tank drills along its border with Iraq. The exercises come a week before a planned independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region that Ankara regards as a security threat. Here's a report from Istanbul.


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