Turkey: Yildirim, Barzani discuss anti-terror steps

By Mumin Altas

ANKARA (AA) - Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani at Cankaya Palace, Ankara on Monday.

Economic ties and fighting terrorism were the main topics in the meeting, Prime Ministry sources told Anadolu Agency.

Ankara has taken an active role in the international fight against Daesh in both Iraq and Syria. Turkish troops provide training to local fighters in Bashiqa, northeast of the Iraqi city of Mosul.

In Syria, the Turkish military announced Friday that the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield had seen the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army wresting control of Al-Bab -- 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Turkey-Syria border -- from Daesh.