Washington, DC – The terrorist group of al-Qaeda is back in Iraq with vengeance.
Its affiliates have controlled large swathes of territory in parts of the Anbar province. There is a lack of both U.S. troops and equipment to fight them, as Iraqi forces seem incapable to restore security.
More than two years have passed since the US troops left Iraq, what is the current stage of the US-Iraqi relationship?
Rudaw’s Namo Abdulla sits down with Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to Washington, to ask him questions about US-Iraq relations after the occupation.
While US troops are no longer present in Iraq, what kind of role, if any, can the US play from a far to help to rebuild and stabilize the war-torn nation?
Eleven years after the ouster of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, how good is the alliance between Shiite-led Iraq and the U.S.?
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