3. All business and trade with Iran must cease right now.
4. The Hashd al-Shaabi, known as People Mobilization Units (PMUs), instrumental in the victorious fight against Daesh (Islamic State), must be immediately disbanded.
This comes from a top Iraqi official present at all the meetings who told Asia Times sources what happened in these exact same words.
Virtually no political factions in Iraq trust the US -- be they Shi'ite, Sunni, Yazidis and even most Kurdish factions. But the problem is the overwhelming majority of Iraqi politicians are involved in massive corruption, and a substantial number believe they need American "protection."
If the Iraqi population, for all their divisions, was entitled to have a say about these demands, there's no evidence any would be approved.
US presence in Syria "illegal"Meanwhile, in neighboring Syria, Beijing has already made sure it is positioning itself as a major actor in the nation's reconstruction, alongside Iran and Russia. China sees Syria upgraded as a BRI node.
Now, couple that with a parliamentary report at the Bundestag in Berlin ruling that the US presence in Syria is illegal.
This means that for the leading EU nation, Damascus cannot possibly be characterized as a pariah anymore. The EU could be on the same wavelength as Russia, which is working with Iran and Turkey for a Syria solution in Astana, and China, which supports the Astana process.
What next? The EU in Syria copying China's policy for the Arab world?
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