Abadi dismisses the army chief of staff Gen. Babacar Zebari

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad- Commander of the armed forces, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi decided on Monday the referral of army chief of staff Gen. Babacar Zebari into retirement.

An informed source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com: “Abadi referred the army chief of staff Gen. Babacar Zebari into retirement”, without giving further details.

The general commander of the armed forces, Haider al-Abadi referred in (April 13, 2015) more than 300 officers in the Ministry of Defense to retire.