Turkey: Deal Concluded To Send Troops To Qatar

April 28, 2016 | 21:38 GMT

Ankara concluded a military agreement with Doha that involves deploying Turkish troops to Qatar, Hurriyet reported April 28. The deal was signed by Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah. Speaking in March in Doha, Yilmaz said that a Turkish military base in Qatar would be completed within the next two years. The deal is part of a larger defense agreement signed by the two countries in 2014. The two countries have shared positions on several notable regional issues recently, including condemning Russian action in Syria and backing particular rebel groups fighting in the country.