Iraq Praises West's Fight Against ISIS, Syria Says It Only Made Things Worse
On 3/10/21 at 6:33 PM EST
Iraqi officials have offered praise for the West's continued support in the country's war on the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), but their Syrian counterparts see efforts by Europe and the United States as most damaging to the country as it prepares to mark 10 years of civil war.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein spoke via telephone Wednesday with U.S.-led NATO Western military alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, discussing "ways to continue cooperation between Iraq and NATO within the framework of the full sovereignty of Iraq and the decisions of the Iraqi government" in their joint security mission that emerged after the rapid rise of ISIS in 2014.