"Turkey offers water for Iraqi crackdown on Kurdish rebels
Seeking to expand its role on the Mideast stage, it promised Tuesday to send more water to drought-stricken Iraq, which faces its lowest harvest in a decade.
By Jane Arraf | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Baghdad - Turkey, which is seeking an expanded role on the Mideast stage, says it is a forging a new model of cooperation with Iraq.
After talks in Baghdad, Turkey pledged Tuesday to release more water from the Euphrates River to its drought-ravaged neighbor. Iraq, meanwhile, has announced plans to crack down on Kurdish rebels on the Turkish border."
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