Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's prime minister-designate Ali Faleh al-Zaidi and US Secretary of War PeteHegseth stressed the importance of securitycooperation between the two countries in a phone call, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office.
The two officials discussed bilateral relations under the Strategic FrameworkAgreement governing ties between Baghdad and Washington, with both sidesemphasizing the need to revitalize training programs to strengthen thecapabilities and readiness of Iraq's armed forces.
Earlier a senior US State Department official disclosed that Americanfacilities in Iraq had been targeted in more than 600 attacks during the periodof military escalation with Iran.