Iraq has asked the Arab League to hold an emergency meeting to discuss Baghdad‘s growing tensions with Ankara over Turkish troops in Northern Iraq, a diplomat said on Thursday.

Iraqi ambassador to Egypt, Diaa al-Dabas, said the request had been made by Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in a telephone call with Nabil al-Araby, the head of the Cairo-based pan-Arab organization.

"The Arab League secretary-general is holding consultations with the Arab foreign ministers to set a date for the meeting," al-Dabas said.

"The meeting is aimed at studying the repercussions of the Turkish troops‘ entry in Iraq and its effects on Arab national security," he added.

Tensions are growing between Baghdad and Ankara over the Turkish troops who are training Iraqi Kurdish forces near the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is controlled by DAESH militants.