Turkish minister to meet Iraqi Kurds over Syria
As Turkey moved heavy weapons to its border with Syria, its foreign minister was expected to urge the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region not to support a Syrian Kurdish party that is allegedly collaborating with Iraq-based Turkish Kurdish rebels, NTV television said Wednesday.
Ahmet Davutoglu’s trip to northern Iraq on Wednesday comes as Turkey deployed tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers on the Syrian border, saying it will not tolerate any move that threatens its security from Syria.
Davutoglu’s office said Wednesday that the minister would discuss “regional issues and the struggle against terrorism” with Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq’s self-ruled