A French government source said Tuesday that Paris has “no intention” of withdrawing its 200-soldier force from Iraq, AFP reported. “Since Friday we have reinforced security for our French soldiers deployed in Iraq,” Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted Tuesday. “The priority today is the same as it was yesterday and ...
NATO said on Tuesday it would take “some personnel” out of Iraq because of the increased risk to their safety after the US assassinated the head of IRGC’s Al-Quds Force General Qassem Suleimani, the deputy chief of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Committee Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis and their companions in a drone ...