The US plans to announce a reduction in its military presence in Iraq next week. The newspaper reports Policy Citing two officials in the administration of the President of the United States.
“The United States expects to announce next week a long-awaited agreement to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq,” the document said.
According to the plan, 2.5 thousand American troops should leave Iraq by the end of 2026. At the moment, negotiations are in the final stages. At the same time, the newspaper’s interlocutors noted that the United States has not yet completed the fight against the remnants of the ISIS group (the organization is banned in Russia) in Syria and Iraq.
A Pentagon source said the US military would continue to attack terrorists in the region in the future.
September 7 Reuters reportedThe United States and Iraq have reportedly “reached an agreement” on a plan for the withdrawal of remaining international coalition forces from the Arab Republic’s territory. The sources said the plan calls for hundreds of troops to be withdrawn by September 2025 and the rest by the end of 2026.
US troops first entered Iraq in 2003 during the war against Saddam Hussein. Their numbers have since diminished. After the official end of hostilities in 2011, only representatives of private military companies were present in Iraq. In 2014, the Arab Republic authorities launched a war against the Islamic State, which occupied a third of the country. An international coalition, including US troops, supported the authorities in the operation to liberate the region.
Previously in Iraq in the name The reason for the slowdown in the withdrawal of US troops from the country.
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Source: Gazeta
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