The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) carried out an attack against a Sunni military camp in the Bashiqa region of northern Iraq, killing two and injuring six, Iraqi Kurdish news website Rudaw has reported.
Four Turkish soldiers were slighlty injured as they responded to the attack, Turkey’s state-run TRT-TÜRK reported.
Turkey has provided training for Sunni Iraqi personnel in recent years
A number of Turkish troops stationed at Bashiqa Camp near Mosul on Dec. 14 were transferred to a region under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq.
The decision came after the international community put pressure on Ankara over Baghdad’s reaction to the deployment of Turkish soldiers to the camp, though Turkey continues to keep some of its troops stationed inside.