ASSESSMENTS
Turkey Backs Off Its Sinjar Offensive, for Now
Mar 28, 2018 | 20:43 GMT

Fighters from the Kurdish peshmerga militias take up positions in Sinjar in November 2015, during the operation to oust the Islamic State from the area. More than two years later, Sinjar is back in the spotlight once again.
(John Moore/Getty Images)
Highlights
- Iraq's military has temporarily blocked a Turkish military deployment to Sinjar, staving off an incursion that could stir diplomatic tension between Baghdad and Ankara.
- Turkey, however, is still committed to its operations throughout northern Iraq as it fights against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
- The Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish governments will cooperate with Ankara's anti-PKK operations close to the Turkish border to try to avoid more disruptive military activity elsewhere.
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