WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday pledged continued "close" cooperation with Iraq on combating the Islamic State militant group as the Middle East country's parliament okayed a new government.

In a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Obama congratulated him on the approval of a new "broad-based" cabinet and stressed the need for the two countries to "continue working closely with the international community to build on recent actions to counter the threat" posed by the group, the White House said in a statement.

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