China on Tuesday warned against a "cycle of retaliation" in the Middle East after the United States vowed to respond to a drone attack on a base in Jordan.
Iraq: start of discussions with Washington on the future of the international coalition. Baghdad is clear: we must end the mandate of theInternational coalition against Daesh. For this, a timetable must be established and negotiations will take time. The Supreme Military Commission, a commission formed for the occasion, will study 3 points: the level of threat that Daesh represents today operational imperatives and the effective capabilities of the Iraqi forces. A new framework will be established, Baghdad asserts, for future security cooperation between Iraq and each Coalition country.