Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit during which he said he would stress the importance of “Iraqi sovereignty” and broach the issue of the future of US troops there. “We are in Iraq at the invitation of the government and our ...
Iraq’s top Shia authority Sayyed Ali Sistani expressed his rejection to turning Iraq to a launching pad for harming any other country. During his meeting with the head of UN mission in Iraq, Sayyed Sistani pointed out that Iraq aspires to have “good and balanced relations” with all of its neighbors ...
