Al-Fayyadh accused the U.S. of lying about supporting Iraq in its fight against terrorism, saying, “It (the U.S.) is plotting to weaken and neutralize our forces to prevent them from carrying out their basic duties to this country.”
He also called on the Iraqi prime minister to “defend Iraq’s sovereignty and dignity” while stressing that “this will not be done except by the departure of these (foreign) forces from the land of Iraq,” urging to “purge Iraq of every foreign presence.”
The U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Friday that the U.S. forces hit more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and allied militias.
