Al-Maliki said that in Iraq's war against IS terrorists, the United States refused to supply military equipment to the country, but Iran opened the doors of their military arsenal to Baghdad.

According to Iran Press the former premier also provided new details about the occupation of Mosul by IS, revealing that the fall of Mosul was accomplished by creating a conspiracy by parts of the Iraqi army to withdraw its forces.

When IS attacked Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki was the Iraqi Prime Minister Succeeded by Haider al-Abadi at August 2014.

In 2014, the IS terrorist group occupied large parts of the northern and western parts of the country, and committed countless crimes.

Iraq called on Iran to help its army to fight terrorism. With the advisory help of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on November 17, 2017, Iraqi forces managed to liberate the last strongholds of IS in Iraq-Syria Border in al Anbar province (western Iraq). After the liberation of this city, the IS in Iraq was practically defeated.

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