Iraq Prime Minister Unaware of Iran Airstrikes on Islamic State
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said he’s unaware of Iranian airstrikes against Islamic State in his country, a day after the Pentagon said the Persian Gulf nation’s warplanes bombed Sunni extremists in “Did they have a role in that? That’s news for me,” Abadi said today in Brussels, when asked whether Iran coordinated its air missions with the Iraqi government. “I am not aware there were Iranian airstrikes.” Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday that “Iranian aircraft have conducted airstrikes in the last ...
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