Breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia is possible, Iraqi foreign minister says

The foreign minister went on to say that he didn't share the pessimism of Western officials about the possibility of reviving the Iran nuclear deal. He indicated that Iraq was involved in bringing Tehran and the West closer together, adding that failure to reach a fresh deal would increase tension in the region, including in his country.

The top Iraqi diplomat regretted Turkey’s continued military strikes inside Iraq, noting that Ankara has failed to acknowledge and apologise for a bombing that killed nine civilians back in July.

Finally, he said that while the IS group as a "caliphate" had been militarily defeated, the terrorist organisation and its ideology was still present. He warned that the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, which holds thousands of IS group family members, had become an "ideological training camp".

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