Iraq

No American troops to stay in Iraq after anti-Daesh fight: Iraqi PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says US military forces will not stay on in his conflict-stricken Arab country once government forces, backed by volunteer fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, retake swathes of land that are still under the control of Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

Abadi, in a statement released on Friday, announced that there are no foreign combat troops on Iraqi soil, but there are military advisers and experts from a number of countries.

The statement further dismissed the Associated Press report on talks between Iraq and the United States on maintaining American forces in the country.

The US combat mission in Iraq ended in 2010, when former president Barack Obama ordered almost all US troops to withdraw from the Arab state.

The Iraqi prime minister added that the Iraqi government has plans and strategies to develop the capabilities of its security forces through training and arming so that they are fully prepared to counter any future security challenges.

Baghdad is open to all international expertise in accordance with the requirements of Iraqi national sovereignty, Abadi highlighted.

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