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2026-11-09 Iraq
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Turkey to start handing over Bashiqa-Zilkan camp to Iraq following YBS disarmament
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[Rudaw] Ankara is to embark on the gradual handover of a contentious military camp north of Nineveh province to the Iraqi government, both sides said in a joint statement on Sunday that highlighted Baghdad’s "commendable steps" in imposing state authority in Shingal (Sinjar) following the integration of Yazidi forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
"The Ottoman Turkish side announces that it will begin taking the necessary steps toward the gradual handover of the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp to the Iraqi federal government," read a statement shared by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA).
"The Ottoman Turkish and Iraqi authorities affirm their shared commitment to continuing the commendable progress already made by Iraqi authorities toward fully establishing state authority in Sinjar and ending the presence of gangs," the two sides said.
During a late September meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
 ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
, the two countries agreed on the base’s handover "consequent and in parallel" to Baghdad’s efforts in reorganizing and integrating the all-Yazidi Shingal Protection Units (YBS) into state security institutions.
Around 2,000 YBS fighters joined the Iraqi army and police as well as the state-funded Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in late October, with up to 4,000 more merging into state institutions in later phases.
Zaidi had announced two weeks before meeting with Erdogan that he had reached an agreement with the YBS to disarm and enable the federal government’s takeover of Mount Shingal. It formed part of the PM’s early promise of bringing all arms under state control, including those in the possession of pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
groups.
The YBS emerged as a local Yazidi gang and expanded significantly after the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) attacked Sinjar in August 2014, killing and abducting thousands of Yazidis in a campaign recognized as genocide. YBS developed close ties with the PKK, whose fighters helped establish an escape corridor for Yazidis trapped on Mount Shingal during the offensive.
Iraq and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
member, but not the most reliable...
will "jointly oversee and verify the progress" of YBS’ disarmament, the Sunday statement added. Both sides agreed to activate the "Joint Security Coordination Committee."
The Bashiqa-Zilkan base was established in 2015 following the ISIS onslaught, with Turkey deploying around 900 troops and heavy weaponry. In addition to serving as a base to train Sunni fighters against ISIS, Ankara has also used the camp to limit the influence of the YBS. The base has been a source of diplomatic friction between Ankara and Baghdad, with Iraq accusing Turkey of violating its illusory sovereignty.
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the Ottoman Turkish version of the statement released by the state-run Anadolu Agency provided different wording, saying the monitoring process aims at "completely eliminat[ing] the presence of the PKK terrorist organization."
The YBS agreement to hand over its weapons comes against the backdrop of the Turkey-PKK grinding of the peace processor and broader efforts toward PKK’s disbandment.
Turkey has also maintained dozens of military bases in the Kurdistan Region for decades, citing its conflict with the PKK.
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