The Iraqi government of Nouri Maliki needs to do more to prevent Iranian regime from flying weapons and fighters through its airspace en route to Syria, a U.S. official told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been allowing Iranian regime to fly planes through Iraqi airspace and send support to bolster Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
“The issue of overflights is something where the Iraqis have not done enough,” the State Department’s Brett McGurk said at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
“We continue to press this issue. Inspections go up, inspections go down. It’s very frustrating,” he added.
The Iranian regime is transporting military equipment to Syria on civilian aircrafts.
“It’s a problem that we focus on all the time. It’s the one area where I can say Iraq is simply not doing enough,” he said.
