The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen reported that General Ghaani arrived in Iraq on Sunday and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as well as other Iraqi political officials in Baghdad.

Al-Alam also reported that Ghaani met with Iraqi President Barham Salih.

Stressing the importance of avoiding any action that threatens the security of Iraq, General Ghaani said in his meeting that Iraq needs stability and internal unity.

According to these sources, Ghaani also stressed the importance of fulfilling the demands of the Iraqi people and protesters in a legal way.

Kadhimi escaped unharmed in what Iraqi military said an “assassination attempt” by armed drone on his residence in Baghdad.

Three drones were used in the attack, including two that were intercepted and downed by security forces while a third drone hit the residence, according to the Iraqi interior ministry.

The Iraqi military said several members of Kadhimi’s personnel protection force stationed outside his residence in the Green Zone were wounded.

Iraqi President Barham Salih condemned the attack as a heinous crime against Iraq.

“We cannot accept that Iraq will be dragged into chaos and a coup against its constitutional system,” he said in a tweet.

Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose party was the biggest winner in last month’s election, called the attack a terrorist act against Iraq’s stability that aimed to “return Iraq to a state of chaos to be controlled by non-state forces”.

The United States, UK, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran as well as other Arab countries, Egypt and Lebanon condemned the attack.

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