Iraq, Turkey Agree on Phased Handover of Northern Camps to Baghdad

The significance lies less in the handover itself than in the absence of any timeline, camp count or troop figure — a framework agreement that leaves the operational substance undefined. It touches Baghdad's push to assert federal authority over territory where Turkish forces have operated, and Ankara's calculus in ceding visible presence without conceding leverage. Whether the phased language translates into measurable transfers, or remains a diplomatic formula, is the open question worth watching.