Kurdish separatists, water issues loom large in long-awaited Erdogan visit to Iraq
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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.
A member of the National Youth Service (NYS) searches for the bodies of missing people after flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, May 1, 2024. Flood waters cover a bridge in the flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, that left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya, May 1, 2024.
This photo taken from a drone video provided by Ukraine Patrol Police shows devastation in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 29, 2024. In this photo taken from a drone video provided by Ukraine Patrol Police, St. Boris and Gleb church is seen destroyed in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 29, 2024. This photo taken from a drone video provided by Ukraine Patrol Police, shows devastation in Chasiv Yar, an eastern Ukrainian city Russia is assaulting, Ukraine, April 29, 2024.