Erdogan refuses to withdraw Turkish forces from Ba’shiqah
Lesson Brief
BBC Arabic
On October 11, BBC Arabic reported that Turkish President Erdogan refused to withdraw Turkish fighters from the Ba'shiqah military camp following criticism from Iraq's prime minister. In August, Turkish forces went into Iraq to combat ISIS and achieve strategic objectives against Kurdish forces.
Suggested Set: Kurds take the battle to ISIS
Video Vocabulary:
اتهامات متبادلة | Mutual accusations | معسكر | Military camp |
العلاقات المتوترة | Tense relations | أهان ، يهين | To insult |
عرقل ، يعرعل | To impede, hinder | تأخير المعركة | Delaying the battle |
إستعادة | (here) retaking | مقاتل | fighter |
دور استشاري | An advisory role | تجاوز ، يتجاوز | To exceed |
بشكل عنيف | violently | عنصر، عناصر | Component(s), member(s), element(s) |
أوامر | orders | اسناد مدفعي | Artillery support |
إنطلاق | Start, launch | العملية المرتقبة | Expected operation |
Click and Match
- to confront the danger
- لمواجهة الخطر
- its presence
- وجودها
- (here) deployment
- انتشار
- withdrawal, withdrawing
- سحب
- details of the agreement
- تفاصيل الاتفاق
- Turkish forces
- القوات التركية
- to pledge
- ُتَعَهَّدَ ، يَتَعَهَّد
- to call for
- دعا إلى ، يَدْعُو إلى
- to counter, deal with
- للتصدي
- ratifying, approving
- تصديق