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1st LD: Some Turkish troops leaving camp near Iraq's Mosul

Xinhua, December 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Some Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq are leaving a camp near Iraq's second largest city of Mosul on Monday, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

A convoy of nearly 10 vehicles left the Bashiqa Camp on Monday morning and traveled to another region in northern Iraq, the report said.

The transfer came after Iraq's strong reaction to the deployment of the Turkish troops to Bashiqa, which Ankara says was aimed at training Sunni forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants.

Baghdad appealed to the United Nations Security Council on Friday, repeating its demand of an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Turkish troops from northern Iraq, calling Turkey's military incursion a "flagrant violation" of international law.

Iraq's Foreign Ministry said Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of Baghdad, which viewed their presence as a "hostile act." Endit