The US-led coalition in Iraq is due Saturday to hand over to Iraq some $5 million in facilities and equipment and a base south of Baghdad, where some 50,000 Iraqis have been reportedly trained. The formal handover of the Besmaya Range Complex follows the coalition’s relinquishment this spring of several ...
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani denounced the United States’ “illegitimate” presence in the region as the root cause of insecurity, calling for concerted action against Washington’s destabilizing activities. In a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, Shamkhani and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi discussed the ...
