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1 day ago · According to the two-phase plan presented on Sept. 27, the U.S.-backed counter-Islamic State (IS) mission in Iraq will formally end by September 2025 and remove U.S. troops from certain bases in ...
3 days ago · Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters. The U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq will end its mission and leave the country over the next two years, the Iraqi and U.S. governments said in a joint statement ...
3 days ago · It also comes more than a year after the U.S. and Iraq first proposed talks to wind down the counter-IS mission and following rocket and drone attacks on U.S. troops, including by Iraqi militias ...
2 days ago · Updated 2:39 PM PDT, September 27, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they have long occupied during a two-decade-long military ...
2 days ago · Iraq has long struggled to balance its ties with the U.S. and Iran, both allies of the Iraqi government but regional archenemies. “We thank the government for its position to expel the international coalition forces,” Qais Khazali, founder of Asaib Ahl al-Haq --an Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militia that has conducted attacks against US forces in Iraq -- said last week.
2 days ago · The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year, with U.S ...
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2 days ago · The agreement outlines a two-phase transition that started this month. By 2025, US forces will leave bases like Ain al-Asad and Baghdad International Airport, moving to Hareer base in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Some troops may remain there even beyond 2026, Iraqi officials said. Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani stated, “We have taken an ...
