Iraqi President appreciates Iran’s assistance to fight ISIL
ILNA: Iraqi President Fuad Masum appreciated Iran’s assistance to his country to fight the terrorist group of ISIL.
He said that Iran, as a neighboring country which shares over one thousand kilometers of borders with Iraq, has helped Baghdad a lot to confront the criminal ISIL terrorists.
Talking in a TV interview, he described ties between Iran and Iraq as good and said that since the very beginning of ISIL terrorist group in Iraq, Iran has provided both military and human resources to Iraq.
He said his government appreciated the help.
Masum warned against the threat of ISIL to the whole region.
He said the domination of terrorists over the region would pose a threat not only to Iraq but also the whole region.
Pointing to the victories of Iraq against the ISIL terrorist group, he said this is hard to achieve in some parts of the country where terrorists are mingled with civilians.