BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that he will overhaul the country's security strategy and personnel, as a wave of unrest killed more than 300 people so far this month.

“We are about to make changes in the high and middle positions of those responsible for security, and the security strategy,” Maliki said at a news conference.

“We will discuss this matter in the cabinet session tomorrow to take decisions,” Maliki said.

“I assure the Iraqi people that they (militants) will not be able to return us to the sectarian conflict,” he said.

Maliki spoke alongside top officials including deputy prime ministers Hussein al-Shahristani and Saleh al-Mutlak, and acting defence minister Saadun al-Dulaimi.