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By bne IntelIiNews Russia is ready to support the strengthening of Iraq’s security forces in the light of calls from Baghdad to expell foreign troops, Russian media reported on February 8. Alexander Kinshchak, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced the proposal following growing calls in Iraq to kick the US out of the country for ongoing targeted air raids in Baghdad and elsewhere on Iraqi militia groups close to Iran. Those groups have targeted US troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, killing three US servicemen and women at the beginnin…

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