European Commission and European External Action Service 8 January 2018, JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Elements for an EU strategy for Iraq

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 8.1.2018 JOIN(2018) 1 final JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL EMPTY Elements for an EU strategy for Iraq Introduction The Iraqi people, their Government and their armed forces, with international support from the Global Coalition against Da'esh 1 have successfully ended Da'esh's effective territorial control in Iraq.