Iraq still needs the international coalition after nearly 4 years of liberation

[size=52]Iraq still needs the international coalition after nearly 4 years of liberation[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The international coalition against ISIS is expected to intensify its work in Iraq after acknowledging the continued threat of the organization, while controversy escalates over the fate of the US forces in Iraq that head the coalition. The Baghdad government confirmed that it had reached advanced stages in the file of the withdrawal of US combat forces, amid threats by armed factions of an “open war” against those forces in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Despite this, Iraqi military capabilities still need serious support from international parties, including Washington, while ISIS recently killed a number of police in Kirkuk and attacked a village in Diyala.[/size]
[size=45]Abdul-Khaleq al-Azzawi, a member of the Parliament’s Security Committee, told Al-Mada that the presence of ISIS “is part of a political game against several countries, including Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Azzawi believes that this presence can be faced by the Iraqi forces alone on the ground, but the problem is in the "atmosphere".[/size]
[size=45]The foreign ministers of the countries affiliated with the international coalition against “ISIS” had recently praised Iraq’s ability to fight the organization, but in return, they stressed that “ISIS” still poses a threat in Iraq and Syria.[/size]
[size=45]At the end of 2017, Baghdad announced the end of military operations against ISIS, but after two months, the organization reappeared in some cities. Since then, the Iraqi forces, in cooperation with the international coalition, have carried out about 700 military campaigns to pursue the rest of the organization.[/size]
[size=45]Abdul-Khaleq al-Azzawi asserts that "the Iraqi forces are still young and we need the help of the United States and the international coalition in the field of protecting and controlling the airspace and armament."[/size]
[size=45]In the last two weeks, in an attack carried out by ISIS south of Kirkuk, 5 members of the Federal Police were killed, and 4 residents of a village in western Diyala were killed in an armed attack and blew up a house. Al-Azzawi added that "the Iraqi forces are able on their own to carry out attacks on the ground, and we do not need foreign forces."[/size]
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[size=45]Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein had praised the international efforts and the efforts of the coalition countries for their continuous support to Iraq in the field of combating terrorism, restoring stability and reconstruction in the liberated areas of Iraqi territory and training Iraqi forces.[/size]
[size=45]In his speech during the meeting of the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which was held on Monday in Rome, Hussein expressed his country's desire to "continue work and cooperation with the international coalition to combat ISIS."[/size]
[size=45]And there is widespread debate in Iraq about the fate of foreign forces in the country, especially the forces of the United States, which preside over the international coalition. Where Baghdad announced, in conjunction with the Rome conference, that it has “continuous dialogue sessions with the American side, which have reached advanced stages and to the level of research in the logistical details, for the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq, the details of which will be announced later.”[/size]
[size=45]This came in a statement following the killing of 4 of the Popular Mobilization Forces in an American raid, west of Anbar, where the government statement said that it is studying "resorting to all available legal options to prevent the recurrence of such attacks that violate Iraq's airspace and territory." The statement of the ministers of the coalition against “ISIS” indicated that the coalition was operating in Iraq “at the request of the Government of Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]The Ministers strongly condemned the ongoing attacks against coalition personnel, convoys and diplomatic facilities, stressing the importance of the Iraqi government protecting coalition property.[/size]
[size=45]To get rid of the impasse of the withdrawal of US forces, Iraq and the United States may resort to expanding the role of the "NATO" alliance, which recently expressed its intention to expand its mission in Iraq to eight times its current size.[/size]
[size=45]But parties close to the popular crowd question those intentions. Representatives of the Badr Organization had earlier warned of the exacerbation of tension in Iraq "as a result of the supposed increase in NATO forces."[/size]
[size=45]At Monday’s meeting, the coalition ministers welcomed the gradual expansion of the “NATO” non-combat advisory mission, training and capacity building in Iraq based on the requirements and approval of the Iraqi authorities, and the completion of the coalition’s efforts in this field.[/size]
[size=45]banish Iran[/size]
[size=45]Meanwhile, Ahmed Al-Sharifi, a researcher in security affairs, considered that the talk about "NATO" comes among new changes in the region that emerged after meetings between the United States and Russia. Al-Sharifi confirms, in connection with (Al-Mada), that "there is an agreement between the two parties to share influence in Syria and Iraq in exchange for keeping Iran away from the scene in both countries."[/size]
[size=45]The United States accuses Tehran of sponsoring a number of armed factions in Iraq that attack its forces and diplomatic facilities in Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sharifi believes that this progress with the understandings "means the impossibility of the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, but rather their limbering only."[/size]
[size=45]According to the researcher in the security affairs, Washington will maintain “smart” forces in the two bases of Al-Harir in Erbil and Ain Al-Assad in Anbar.[/size]
[size=45]These forces will monitor the “ISIS” organization and supervise the support of the Iraqi forces, where Al-Sharifi says that “ISIS” already represents “a security threat and breaches the borders through waves of infiltrators.”[/size]
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