️🇮🇶🇮🇷🇺🇸 - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein stated that Iraq lost about 60 billion dollars during the suspension of the Hormuz Straits oil export, which has since resumed following the understandings with Washington and Tehran. Washington has officially asked Baghdad to close all but two border crossings with Iran. - Al Jazeera.
The foreign minister emphasized that Iraq welcomes an alliance with Iran but rejects internal intervention, noting that external parties are reportedly using Iraqi territory to launch attacks on neighboring countries, while Baghdad requests direct dialogue to resolve disputes with Saudi Arabia.
️ On the subject of internal security, the minister prefers to bring all weapons to the state's disposal through dialogue and not armed conflict, while communicating with Tehran regarding Iraqi armed factions. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi reached understandings with four groups: Assib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada agreed to regulate their weapons, while negotiations continued with Harkat al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah.
️ In order to deal with ISIS elements stationed on the Syrian side of the border and fight drug smuggling, a quadripartite committee consisting of Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Turkey is coordinating operations alongside active military deployment along the border.