The ministry informed defense policy chiefs of parliamentary factions on Thursday evening about its decision to continue training after it re-evaluated the security situation in the region, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper said.

The threat level was reduced from Level 4 to Level 3 on Wednesday, meaning the training will continue as soon as this weekend, the outlet has learned.

Germany suspended training at Camp Taji military complex north of Baghdad as tensions continued to rise between Tehran and Washington, which has sent a carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf.

Tehran slammed US allegations as "fake intelligence", accusing the White House of dragging the US into a conflict with the Islamic Republic.

German military instructors have been deployed in the Kurdish region since 2014 where they are training the members of the Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary group who fought against the Islamic State terrorist organization throughout Iraq between 2014 and 2016. Last year, Germany extended its training mission in Iraq until 31 October 2019. It has 160 personnel in the country.

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