ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – As prime Minister Haider al-Abadi returned to Iraq from Brussels amid mounting protests in opposition to a continual loss of offerings, one of the main Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) Shia militias announced its objection to the presence of NATO forces on Iraqi territory.
"The presence of any military forces on the ground in Iraq requires a parliamentary mandate, and we reject the presence of any fight force at the floor," Asaib Ahl al-Haq spokesperson Naim al-Aboudi, informed the media.
"The presence of these forces is a violation of the sovereignty of Iraq, and Iraq does now not need any force, it has an army, police and mass mobilization."
This isn't the primary time that the Iran-backed armed forces has threatened overseas forces, particularly US forces. The motion's leader, Qais al-Khazali, formerly vowed to target them if they did now not leave Iraqi territory.
The characterization of the proposed NATO deployment as a "fight pressure" is not in keeping with what Abadi had described in Brussels on Thursday in response to a query by using Kurdistan 24, while he stated, "that is for non-combatant forces, handiest for training and logistical support."
Abadi's comments are regular with NATO Secretary-popular Jens Stoltenberg, who introduced the day past that Canada will lead the alliance's new training venture in Iraq.
“it'll be a non-fight assignment of several hundred trainers who additionally set up expert army schools and academies for the Iraqi forces,” he added.
On Friday, The defense put up suggested that Abadi stated Iraq could "not tolerate a Turkish incursion throughout its border but might paintings with the NATO member nation to ameliorate its security trouble."
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