Zaidi, Trump to meet as deadline for Iraqi factions' disarmament looks set to slip

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is set to meet US President Donald Trump next week on the sidelines of the United Nations meeting in New York, a Baghdad government spokesperson confirmed. This comes ahead of the critical September 30 deadline for the withdrawal of US-led Coalition forces from Iraq and for bringing Iraqi armed groups under state control, with the latter target widely expected to be unmet.