Barrack, al-Zaidi Discuss Iraq’s Difficult Path to Stability

Iraqi sources have indicated that the issue of weapons held by armed factions was likely among the topics discussed in Baghdad between Iraq’s prime minister, head of the judiciary and US envoy Tom Barrack, who spoke of the “hard road toward” towards achieving stability in the region. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi received Barrack on Monday evening, nearly two weeks after the withdrawal of the US-led