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Iraq FM: Attacks Launched From Our Soil

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said in an Al Jazeera interview on 7 Nov 2026 that Baghdad has information that “external parties are using Iraq to launch attacks against its neighbours.” He warned of the potential for a renewed regional war. His comments follow September drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline, which Iraq later confirmed were launched from its territory. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi spoke with President Trump on 6 Nov and said Iraq would not allow its territory to be used to attack neighboring countries. Washington has asked Iraq to close all but two border crossings with Iran. Hussein also said Iraq lost about $60 billion from a temporary suspension of oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, but that shipments have resumed.

The attacks are linked to Iran-aligned armed factions inside Iraq, and Baghdad is trying to manage tensions while avoiding being dragged into the wider US-Israel war on Iran. Hussein said Iraq wants friendship with Tehran but rejects interference in its internal affairs, and that weapons held by factions must be brought under state control through dialogue rather than military confrontation.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein did tell Al Jazeera that Baghdad has information external parties are using Iraqi territory to launch attacks against neighboring countries, and he warned of a potential renewed regional war.

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein did tell Al Jazeera that Baghdad has information external parties are using Iraqi territory to launch attacks against neighboring countries, and he warned of a potential renewed regional war.

Iraq has information indicating that external parties are using Iraqi territory to launch attacks against neighboring countries, the country’s foreign minister Fuad Hussein tells Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/v16bn0F5zJ https://t.co/nB2R6LZ4Jx

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BYou're live on The World. Iraq's foreign minister just admitted a war problem.
BHe says outside parties are using Iraqi soil to attack Iraq's neighbors.
BFuad Hussein told Al Jazeera this morning.
BAnd he didn't hedge on it. Baghdad says it has information on this, and he said so on the record.
BThat's not a small admission. That's Baghdad saying the war next door is being fought from inside their borders.
BThis isn't new. September drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline were launched from Iraqi territory.
BBaghdad confirmed that. Now the foreign minister is saying it out loud while Washington is already moving.
BHe's warning of a renewed regional war. That's not a bystander talking.
BI don't buy the helpless act.
BWhy not? He laid out the problem in public.
BBecause, by reports, Iran-aligned factions operate inside Iraq's own security forces. They would know who's doing this.
BHe says those weapons need to come under state control through dialogue, not military confrontation.
BDialogue? These groups hit Saudi energy infrastructure. You don't solve that with a committee.
BAnd you solve it with another fight inside Iraq? While the U.S. and Iran are already shooting at each other?
BYou solve it by enforcing sovereignty. Shut the crossings. Stop pretending you can't see the launch sites.
BThey're closing all but two border crossings with Iran. The prime minister told Trump Iraq won't be a launching pad.
BSteps. I'll grant steps. But they reportedly lost about sixty billion dollars when oil exports through Hormuz stopped.
BSo they're insincere because they have a financial reason to avoid a war? That's when diplomacy works.
BIt works if they actually confront the factions. So far, it's words.
BHe says Iraq wants friendship with Tehran but rejects interference in its internal affairs.
BThat's a tightrope until the next drone launch. Then Washington will treat Iraq as the launchpad.
BMaybe that's why he's saying it publicly now. To make clear Baghdad isn't choosing Iran over the region.
BMaybe. But saying it after the attack doesn't stop the next one.
BNo, but it changes the conversation from denial to responsibility. That matters.
BIt matters if Baghdad acts on it. If not, it's just damage control.
BDifferent world entirely: the Wall Street Journal has a piece from Cuba.
BThe fuel crisis is forcing Havana to open its economy. That's the argument.
BThey're saying sanctions and the fuel blockade haven't toppled the regime, but they're transforming it.
BThat should make Washington uncomfortable. Policy meant to break the regime is pushing it to open markets.
BBut it's not opening because of reform. It's opening because it's desperate. There's a difference.
BDesperation created the Cuban private sector. Restaurants, small businesses. You don't dismiss that.
BI'm not dismissing it. I'm saying the regime is adapting to survive, not reforming to liberalize.
BAnd in the meantime, ordinary Cubans get more room to earn a living. That's real change.
BFair. But don't call it a victory when the same people accused of pointing guns at protesters still run the economy.
BI wouldn't. I'm saying sanctions produced an unintended opening. Worth understanding.
BIt also produced a fuel crisis that makes daily life harder. The Journal's piece isn't a happy story.
BNo, it's about pressure creating cracks. The question is whether Washington uses those cracks or keeps squeezing.
BThat's an argument for another break.
BSpeaking of using cracks, Bloomberg News reports SoftBank and ABB are exploring a China carve-out.
BThe report says it's to salvage a robotics deal stuck on Chinese regulatory approval.
BWe haven't confirmed it independently. But the story tells you how hard it is to leave China.
BThe idea is to split off the China piece to get the rest through. That's corporate risk management.
BSome would say it's too entangled. A carve-out keeps the Chinese business but loses control of the technology.
BOr you keep the global business and accept a smaller China footprint. That's not surrender.
BTell that to Washington. They want decoupling, not carve-outs.
BThen Washington needs a plan for the jobs and revenue that leave too. Otherwise it's posturing.
BAnd there's our hour: Baghdad on the edge, Havana cracked open, corporate America splitting the difference.
BThe World, this Saturday morning. We'll keep sorting which cracks are real and which are just noise.

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