Ankara threatens to export its Syria strategy to Iraq
(WorldNews Turkey)

The killing of 13 Turkish citizens inside Iraq in February has sparked a far-reaching political row that now stretches all the way from Washington to Tehran – and shows no signs of stopping. So serious has the row become – and so determined does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appear to want to keep it going – that it may lead to Turkey expanding its controversial Syria strategy to Iraq itself. On Sunday, the row escalated further, when Turkey summoned Iran`s ambassador to Ankara to protest remarks made by another Iranian diplomat about Turkey`s involvement in northern Iraq. In response, Iran summoned Ankara`s ambassador. The row stretches back to mid-February, when Turkish troops, on an...