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Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
Iraq asserts full security capability as US ends coalition advisory role in federal bases; around 2,500 US troops remain in Kurdistan, officials said.
- On Jan. 18, Iraq's Defense Ministry announced the full withdrawal of international coalition advisors from federal bases, with final removals at Ain al-Asad Air Base and Joint Operations Command.
- Following a Sept. 2024 timetable, the drawdown implements a joint Iraq–United States statement and follows Baghdad's 2023 call, with roughly 2,500 US military advisory force troops remaining in an advise-and-assist role.
- Iraqi security forces now control strategic sites, with the Iraqi Defense Ministry releasing video Saturday showing handovers at Al-Asad Air Base, while US CENTCOM confirmed the ministry's account was factual Sunday.
- US forces remain at Harir Air Base, Erbil province, while Iraq offers logistical support through Erbil air base and coalition operations against IS continue from Syria.
- Al-Asad's history of attacks by Iran and Iranian-backed groups underscores regional tensions, while Baghdad expects the withdrawal may boost its negotiating leverage over militias like Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba that rejected disarmament.
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Iraq announced on Sunday the withdrawal of the US-led coalition forces from all over the Iraqi territory, with the exception of the Kurdistan autonomous region in the north, AFP transmits.
·Romania
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Iraq announces complete withdrawal of US-led coalition from federal territory
BAGHDAD: Iraq said on Sunday US-led coalition forces had finished withdrawing from bases within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the autonomous northern Kurdistan region. “We announce today... the completion of the evacuation of all military bases and leadership headquarters in the official federal areas of Iraq of advisers” of the US-led coalition, the military
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