Kurdish separatists, water issues loom large in long-awaited Erdogan visit to Iraq

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speak to the media after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, March 21, 2023. Erdogan was set to make his first official visit to Iraq in more than a decade on April 22, 2024.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Iraq Monday for his first official visit in more than a decade as his country seeks greater cooperation from Baghdad in its fight against a Kurdish militant group that has a foothold in northern Iraq.