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Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed a deal for Ankara to remove its block on the two Nordic countries' NATO applications, while they pledged not to support the Kurdish militant PKK and YPG groups or the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Just as Sweden and Finland pledged to support Turkey's fight against PKK operatives as part of their bid to join NATO, Ankara announced on Tuesday that four Kurdish militants had been 'neutralised' in northern Iraq.
Mohamad Khweis travelled to Islamic State-controlled territory in Iraq and Syria in 2015, but left after a few months and surrendered in northern Iraq to Kurdish forces.
Turkey has objected to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, claiming that the Nordic nations harbour or support Kurdish militants that Ankara considers 'terrorists'.
Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with "minor damage" reported at a key oil refinery, according to a separate security source.
Turkey's top diplomat will visit the US later this week as ties improve between Ankara and Washington.
Covid-19 testing kits ran out two weeks ago in the northeast Syria area under the control of the self-declared Kurdish administration, a health official said Monday.
An Iranian airstrike on Pakistan which Tehran claims targeted "anti-Iranian terrorist groups" has killed at least two children, Islamabad said Wednesday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Thursday, for the fourth time since Israel unleashed its war on Gaza in October.
Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned for two years, condemns the Iranian government as her children accept her award on her behalf