Germany To Resume Training Soldiers In North Iraq - Reports

Germany will resume training Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq, the German Defense Ministry was reported as saying on Friday, three days after it halted training missions over tensions between Iran and the United States

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th May, 2019) Germany will resume training Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq, the German Defense Ministry was reported as saying on Friday, three days after it halted training missions over tensions between Iran and the United States.

The ministry informed defense policy chiefs of parliamentary factions on Thursday evening about its decision to continue training after it re-evaluated the security situation in the region, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper said.

The threat level was reduced from Level 4 to Level 3 on Wednesday, meaning the training will continue as soon as this weekend, the outlet has learned.

Germany suspended training at Camp Taji military complex north of Baghdad as tensions continued to rise between Tehran and Washington, which has sent a carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf, citing a threat from Iran.

German military instructors have been deployed in the north of Iraq since 2014 where they are training the members of the Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary group who fought against Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) militants throughout Iraq between 2014 and 2016. In 2018, Germany extended its training mission in Iraq until October 31, 2019. It has 160 personnel in the country.