Prime Minister uses first White House visit to reaffirm plans to assert state monopoly on weapons and boost ties with US

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will travel to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, with oil and gas agreements expected to top the agenda.

Oil and gas deals are expected to be signed as part of a broader push for economic, trade and investment cooperation.

PM Ali al-Zaidi to hold talks with Trump, with energy investment and role of pro-Iran groups likely to dominate agenda.

PM Ali al-Zaidi to hold talks with Trump, with energy investment and role of pro-Iran groups likely to dominate agenda.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as the US administration piles pressure on Baghdad to curb Iranian influence.…

Ali Al Zaidi's first foreign trip comes as Washington presses Iraq to curb militias and accelerate reforms

President Donald Trump is set to welcome Iraq's new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, to the White House

Iraq is already a kind of frontline between the US and Iran. After the US and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, the Iranians operationalized militias in Iraq.

US President Donald Trump welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House on Tuesday for talks aimed at expanding US investment in Iraq and

ALBAWABA- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday in his first high-profile foreign visit s

The pair met in the Oval Office a day after President Donald Trump pledged to reinstate a naval blockade on Iran.

When Donald Trump meets Iraq's new PM today, they are likely to discuss disarming Iran's allies in Iraq. Some have already pledged to give up their guns. But is that likely? And…

Iraqi prime minister says relations with the US shifting from militaristic to economic, pledges disarmament of factions.

Iraqi prime minister says relations with US shifting from militaristic to economic, vows disarmament of factions.

President Donald Trump welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House, praising bilateral ties as the two leaders discussed energy, investment, and the planned…

Prime Minister uses first White House visit to reaffirm plans to assert state monopoly on weapons and boost ties with US

Al-Zaidi’s Washington visit exposed the pressure reshaping Baghdad’s politics, security and economy.

The Iraqi PM visited the White House to deepen economic ties, as Iraq-based allies of Iran threatened to fight the US.

It appears that Trump likes Iraq’s new leader. Zaidi is a former businessperson, like Trump. As such, Zaidi tried to present a new face of Iraq to the White House.

Iraq's PM Zaidi meets Trump, signaling a shift towards the US and plans to disarm Iran-backed militias. Iranian reconstruction funding in a US-Iran deal at 25.5.