Talaat told the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) official media outlet that after joint operations rooms in Kirkuk and Khanaqin were opened, rooms in Mosul’s Shela and Makhmour will be opened this week and officers will begin their work.
He said that two joint brigades of Peshmerga and Iraqi Security Forces are expected to be formed for the areas as next step.
Recently officials in both Erbil and Baghdad have expressed concern about the security vacuum in the disputed areas, a belt of territory stretching from Nineveh through Kirkuk to Diyala claimed by both Erbil and Baghdad, which allows Islamic State (ISIS) militants to stage attacks against both civilian and military targets.
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