U.S. boosting positions in Shingal: PUK official

A leading member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) stated that the U.S. is busy boosting its position in the city of Shingal, Kurdistan Region, and is fully in control of the region, denying former reports that U.S. troops are leaving the city.

Salih Girgri, the chief of the PUK in Shingal, told SNN news base in an interview that there are still U.S. forces in the region and are busy boosting their position and their military bases.

He further added that U.S. warplanes and choppers conduct daily patrol in the region and are monitoring all the bordering regions between Turkey, Iraq and Syria.

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