MIDDLE EAST - Earlier in the day, the US State Department ordered that all American government officials not dealing with emergencies leave Iraq, the US Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement. Germany is suspending its participation in the Iraqi military training programme due to heightened tensions in the region, Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (DPA) reported citing military sources.
A spokesman for the Defence Ministry has confirmed this information, saying that Germany has no indications of potential attacks allegedly supported by Iran. But this does not mean the training programmes could not resume in the coming days, the spokesman added. There are currently 160 German military servicemen in Iraq.
The Netherlands have joined Germany in suspending its mission in Iraq due to the security threat, according to the ANP News Agency. The statement comes a day after the US Central Command announced that US forces in Iraq and Syria had been placed on "high alert" following "credible threats from Iranian forces" in the region.
“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”
The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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