US President Joe Biden signed a decree last Tuesday extending the national emergency related to the situation in Iraq. Many questions arise about the meaning of the decision, its implications and the extent of its impact on the Iraqi political and security situation.
A professor of political science at Cihan University, said that understanding the state of emergency decree requires referring to an old US law enacted in 1977, the Economic and International Emergency Powers Act. A member of the foreign relations committee in parliament said that the extension was justified by virtue of the unstable security situation and the control of ISIS.