الزيدي: العراق نجا بصعوبة من العزلة الدولية

Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister AliAl-Zaidi revealed on Friday that Iraq narrowly avoided internationalisolation, coming “within days” of facing sanctions and the withdrawal offoreign embassies. In an interview with state-runAl-Iraqiya TV, Al-Zaidi explained that Western governments had viewed Iraq as “astate controlled by armed factions,” but his administration had managed toavert the threat, saying that three armedgroups had agreed to place their weapons under state control, whilenegotiations with four others remained underway.