Syria: Turkey and Iraq

syria: Turkish officials have repeatedly warned the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq to abandon its plans for independence, according to Toronto Star. Kurds are dispersed across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran and lack a nation state. The decree allows Turkey to send troops over its southern border if developments in Iraq or Syria are seen as national security threats. Turkey itself has a large ethnic Kurdish population and is battling a Kurdish insurgency on its own territory that it calls separatist. It also emphasized the importance of Iraq and Syria's territorial integrity and said separatism based on ethnicity poses a threat to both Turkey and regional stability. The bill read in parliament Saturday listed combatting Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq and Daesh as national security requirements for Turkey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.