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Turkey’s Bashiqa base handover marks a new chapter for post-ISIS Iraq – analysis

by | Sep 23, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters detonate a land mine laid by the Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul, on November 13, 2016 after they retook control of the town from IS jihadists. (photo credit: SAFIN HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)
This is an important step and comes amid many developments in Iraq. Iraq is also trying to rein in Iranian-backed militias. It says this will happen by June of 2027.