Iraq summons Lebanese ambassador about ‘discomfort’ over Aoun’s remarks – Middle East Monitor

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Baghdad on Wednesday to express “discomfort” with remarks made by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun regarding the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).

“We will not replicate the Popular Mobilisation Forces’ experience in integrating Hezbollah into the army, nor will it be allowed to form an independent unit within the military,” Aoun told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed earlier on Wednesday.

“The PMF is…