Iraqi Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi met top US diplomat Rex Tillerson in Baghdad,
challenging the secretary of state over his comments on
Iranian militias in Iraq.
Tillerson, in Riyadh on Sunday, had called on Iranian
militias in Iraq to "go home" as the fight against the Islamic
State group was ending.
His comments prompted a sharp response from Baghdad.
"The fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi are Iraqis who have
fought terrorism, defended their country and made sacrifices
to defeat (IS)," Abadi said yesterday, according to a
statement from his office.