28 February 2018 - 16:21

Abadi refutes there are foreign troops in Iraq

<p style="text-align: left;">Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi refuted reports that there are foreign troops in the country, stating that there are only the forces of the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition fighters who are conducting operations under Baghdad supervision.

According to Shar Press the PM reiterated that the anti-IS troops are under Iraq’s supervision, revealing that all jet fighters of the coalition are under the control of the Iraqi government.

He makes the remarks at a time that there are foreign troops of many states in Iraq and Turkey has established some military bases in Iraq and Kurdistan Region.

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