Spain FM says attacks on foreign troops in Iraq ‘need to stop’

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Thursday that a spate of attacks targeting US-led troops in Iraq assisting the campaign against Islamic State group jihadists “need to stop”.

“We are extremely worried by the constant attacks against international military bases,” Albares said on a visit to Iraq, where his government has troops deployed. “Attacks against foreign troops need to stop.”

US-led coalition forces in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in more than 150 attacks since mid-October, many of them claimed by the Islamic…