As the U.S. mulls over a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, its Kurdish allies have a message: Don’t forget us. "This is not the time to reduce coalition forces in Iraq," Treefa Aziz ...
The US initially invaded Iraq in 2003 as part of its so-called global “war on terror” in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, with a peak of 170,000 troops deployed by 2007.
In a joint statement, both United States and Iraq laid out a timeline where the coalition military presence in Iraq would end no later than the end of September 2025 as Iraq transitions to ...
recently increasing those calls after American forces have fought against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq during the ongoing war in Gaza. Al-Sudani has been criticized for being too close to ...
The agreement with Iraq, which would reduce American troops in the country ... under attack from Iranian proxies due to Israel’s war in Gaza. The anticipated announcement from Washington ...