Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has initiated contact with multiple countries to purchase air defence systems to deter possible attack to Iraq

US is delaying the processions for an air defense system, providing modern radar and early warning systems, as promised to Iraq in 2020.

"The ministry of defense was one of the important ministries that we emphasized to develop its infrastructure, enhance the capabilities of the Iraqi Army, and our armed forces in general, and equip them with the most advanced and new military weapons and equipment from the finest global sources," Sudani.