Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoΔan has arrived in Iraq for his first official visit since 2011; Ankara seeks cooperation in its fight against a Kurdish militant group.
Turkey's defense ministry said the country carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq. The airstrikes killed 16 militants.
The U.S. has brought home 11 of its citizens from camps in northeastern Syria, housing family members of suspected Islamic State militants, officials say.
The Iraqi government requested Wednesday that the U.N. end a mission aimed at promoting governance and human rights reforms in the strife-torn nation by the end of next year.
Security officials have announced that Barzan Majeed, one of the most notorious human smugglers in Europe, was arrested in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
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