Two countries suspend military training operations in Iraq after US warning

By Zach Halaschak

Published May 15, 2019 7:17pm ET

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Two countries suspend military training operations in Iraq after US warning — In this Friday, May 10, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Navy, logistics specialists prepare to attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. The aircraft carrier strike group is being deployed to the Persian Gulf to counter an alleged but still-unspecified threat from Iran. | (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley, U.S. Navy via AP)

Two NATO countries announced Wednesday that they are suspending military training exercises in Iraq following a U.S. warning of increased threats from Iran-affiliated forces in the region.

On the same day that the United States ordered all nonemergency U.S. employees to evacuate Iraq, Germany and the Netherlands said that they would temporarily suspend training for troops in the country, according to Reuters.

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