US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 15, 2024.
Sudani's trip to Washington, his first since taking office in October 2022, was originally expected to focus on the presence of US troops in Iraq as part of an anti-jihadist coalition. (Credit: AFP)
US President Joe Biden and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said Monday they would keep working towards the withdrawal of a US-led anti-jihadist coalition in the country.
Their meeting at the White House came amid soaring tensions in the Middle East after Iraq's neighbor Iran launched a massive aerial attack on US ally Israel over the weekend.
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