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Turkish Troops in Iraqi Bashiqa Killed Over 700 Daesh Fighters Since Deployment

© REUTERS / Thaier Al-SudaniDamaged homes and shops due to clashes are seen through a glass window of a military vehicle in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 9, 2016
Damaged homes and shops due to clashes are seen through a glass window of a military vehicle in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 9, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the Turkish servicemen deployed at the northern Iraqi city of Bashiqa have killed more than 700 Daesh fighters since the beginning of their operation.

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul - Sputnik International
Kurdish Troops Mopping Up Iraq's Bashiqa Liberated From Daesh
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Turkish servicemen deployed at the northern Iraqi city of Bashiqa have killed more than 700 fighters of the Islamic State (ISIL, Daesh in Arabic) jihadist group since the beginning of their operation, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday.

"How can you claim that we support Daesh?… In Bashiqa alone we killed over Daesh 700 terrorists," Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by the Daily Sabah newspaper, responding to the comments of an Armenian representative at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on  Ankara's alleged support of the Islamists.

He added that Turkey was one of the most active fighters against Daesh, as well as one of the main terrorists' targets.

Daesh, a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia, the United States and a number of other states worldwide, took over vast swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014.

Turkey sent troops across the border with Iraq late last year allegedly to train Sunni fighters at a base near the Daesh-held Iraqi town of Bashiqa. Ankara's move has been repeatedly criticized by Baghdad.

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