“Your time is up.” Trump’s envoy: 2026 will be the year for resolving 18 issues in Iraq.
“Your time is up.” Trump’s envoy: 2026 will be the year for resolving 18 issues in Iraq.
1-1-2026
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Mark Savaya, US President Donald Trump’s envoy to Iraq, addressed a message to the Iraqi people on the occasion of welcoming the year 2026, in which he offered congratulations and wishes for peace, unity and renewed hope.
In his message, which he posted in both English and Arabic on his X account, Savaya said: “To the people of Iraq, as we welcome the year 2026, I extend to you my sincerest wishes for peace, unity, and renewed hope. Your strength and resilience are an inspiration to the world.” He added that “the new year will bring better opportunities, stability, and a brighter future for all Iraqis.”
He affirmed that “work will continue with the government of the Republic of Iraq within the framework of the Iraqi constitution and law to secure a bright future for Iraq and the Iraqi people,” expressing his hope that “2026 will be the year of the end of:
Instability, plundering of the country’s wealth, poor services, loose weapons, smuggling, unemployment, militias, money laundering, ignorance, internal tensions, sham contracts, poverty, foreign interference, embezzlement, inequality, corruption, circumvention of the law, and injustice.
The US envoy added, “This message is directed to those who have wreaked havoc in Iraq. Your time is over, and the time of Iraq and the Iraqis has begun,” stressing that “Iraq will remain, its flag flying high, a source of pride for all Iraqis.”
He concluded his message by saying, “We are still at the beginning.”
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