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  "id": 9399828,
  "title": "Turkey agrees to hand over contentious Bashiqa base to Iraq",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/turkey-agrees-to-hand-over-contentious-bashiqa-base-to-iraq",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T19:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/turkey-agrees-hand-over-contentious-bashiqa-base-iraq"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The planned handover of the Bashiqa base would address one of the most contentious issues in Ankara-Baghdad ties, while the two sides also discussed restoring Iraqi state authority in Sinjar.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Iraq and Turkey agree to remove banned armed groups from Sinjar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/iraq-and-turkey-agree-to-remove-banned-armed-groups-from-sinjar",
        "published": "2026-09-23T18:59:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Turkey and Iraq agree Turkey will turn over military camp in northern Iraq",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/turkey-and-iraq-agree-turkey-will-turn-over-military-camp-in-northern",
        "published": "2026-09-23T21:46:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Turkey’s Bashiqa base handover marks a new chapter for post-ISIS Iraq - analysis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/turkeys-bashiqa-base-handover-marks-a-new-chapter-for-post-isis-iraq",
        "published": "2026-09-23T21:54:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}