Iranian and
Iraqi forces conducted joint military exercises on Monday near the
border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, a Kurdish official
said.
The two
states’ units “began exercises at 08:00 GMT with tanks and
infantry only 250 meters from the border,” Shwan Abu Bakr, the
Kurdish customs chief at the Bashmakh border post, was quoted as
saying.
“Iraqi
forces are dressed in black,” he said, referring to the black
uniforms of the country’s elite Counter Terrorism Service. The
Iranian military on its website announced joint military exercises
with units of the Iraqi army involving armor and artillery units as
well as drones and other aircraft, AFP reports.
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