Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said on Tuesday that training personnel at Bashiqa Camp in Mosul will stay and continue to fight Daesh.
On December 15 Daesh terrorists attacked Bashiqa camp located in Iraq's Mosul province, killing two from local forces and injuring six, including four Turkish soldiers.
On December 4, 150 Turkish soldiers equipped with heavy weapons arrived on the outskirts of the Daesh-held Mosul province in Northern Iraq to train forces, while Baghdad demanded the withdrawal of soldiers. Iraq on Sunday, gave Turkey a 48 hour ultimatum to withdraw the forces or face "all available options."
Turkey said the 150 soldiers and up to 25 tanks were stationed at Bashiqa to protect servicemen training Iraqi volunteers to fight Daesh.
The training mission has been in operation since March and is not assigned combat duties.
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