"I respect the sovereignty of states, and I have secured the approval of Syria to strike positions (on its territory)," he told a conference in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya.
Abadi on Feb. 24 announced the first Iraqi air strike inside Syrian territory, targeting ISIS positions in retaliation for bomb attacks in Baghdad.
"I will not hesitate to strike the positions of the terrorists in the neighboring countries, we will keep on fighting them," Abadi said.
The total damage to property and infrastructure caused by ISIS is about $35 billion, he said.
The terrorist group has lost most Iraqi cities in captured in northern and western Iraq.
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8 March 2017 - 12:52
News ID: 816414
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Iraq will continue to hit ISIS targets in Syria, as well as in neighboring countries if they give their approval, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday.
