Iraq wouldn't need foreign help if Iraqi troops hadn't run away from ISIS.

Turkey is there to help sunni's against the regime.

ANKARA (Sputnik) – On Friday, media reports said that about 130-150 Turkish military personnel had been deployed in the northern Iraq's Nineveh province allegedly to provide training to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.

"Iraqi Defense Ministry has made a request to train the Iraqi military. The same invitation was extended to us from the governor of Nineveh province as well. Our military train in that region both Iraq's National Guard and Peshmerga forces, who will lead the fight against the Islamic State (IS or Daesh in Arabic) terrorist organization. It is made not only by Turkey, but also by the United States, Germany and France. The Turkish servicemen have been there from the very beginning on the invitation of the Iraqi authorities," Cavusoglu told reporters.

Following the move, Iraqi President Fuad Masum called on the Turkish authorities to withdraw troops from his country in order to avoid the deterioration of bilateral relations.

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BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iraq's defence minister said on Sunday he had told his Turkish counterpart that hundreds of Turkish forces deployed inside northern Iraq had been sent without informing or coordinating with Baghdad, and must be withdrawn.

Khaled al-Obeidi said in a statement that the Turkish defence minister had explained the deployment as necessary to protect Turkish military advisers training Iraqi forces at a camp near Mosul. But Obeidi said the Turkish force was too large for such a purpose.

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Turkish military forces crossed the border into Iraq on Friday last week in the name of "military exercises," "training local troops," and "jointly fighting against the Islamic State (IS)." Baghdad declared the move was a severe breach of its sovereignty and demanded that Ankara withdraw its forces immediately.

Turkey has only just downed a Russian jet for violating its airspace. If the latter really had crossed the line, it must have been only for a matter of seconds, and was more likely a mistake. In comparison, Ankara is obviously much more daring in terms of encroaching on Iraqi soil.

On the one hand, Turkey does not allow any warplane from other nations to fly across its territory, not even by mistake. It will shoot down whatever comes. On the other, it is publicly sending heavy equipment, including tanks and artillery, into another country. Its tough stance is indeed "impressive."

After having been stung by Turkey, Moscow has vowed to make Ankara regret its action. But so far, it has been acting with relative restraint.

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Turkey is pushing ahead with military plans to support allies in northern Iraq despite protests from Baghdad, local media reported, in a move analysts say risks deepening divisions in a country on the verge of breakup since the war with Islamic State militants erupted last year.

Turkey will deploy more troops to the semi-autonomous region under Kurdish control to train forces fighting the Islamic State group, Hurriyet said, citing “reliable sources” it didn’t identify. Turkey increased its presence at Bashiqa camp northeast of Mosul to around 600 from about 90, and also sent a tank battalion to the area over the past week. Future deployments will bring the total number of troops to more than 2,000, the third-largest overseas force in Iraq after the U.S. and Iran, according to Hurriyet.

Turkey, a major Sunni power in the Middle East, has enjoyed closer ties with Iraqi Kurds led by Massoud Barzani than the Shiite-led central government in Baghdad, which is backed by Iran. It provides the sole route to market for the Kurdish oil industry, and trains Kurdish fighters as part of the international coalition against Islamic State gunmen.

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