BAGHDAD—The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the ISIS terror group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike killed a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
The step shows that while the Iraqi leadership’s demands for immediate removal of American forces have cooled, they are serious about rethinking the strategic relationship, and this is directly affecting military cooperation.
