Japan unveils initiative to boost security in Iraq

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday a Japan-led international initiative will be launched to improve security in Iraq amid a proliferation of arms following the liberation of the Middle East country from the Islamic State extremist group.Abe said in a multilateral meeting in Tokyo attended by his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi that his country will set up a working group to help local authorities collect a number of weapons that have spread across the country, provide vocational training and create jobs for former fighters as well as local residents.Preventing the fu…READ FULL ARTICLE