The US forces assigned to combat missions began withdrawing from Iraq, according to the Iraqi army spokesman, who said that “there is an ongoing effort to complete the entire withdrawal process by December 31.”Last July, Baghdad and Washington agreed, in the fourth and final round of the strategic dialogue, to withdraw all US combat forces (Melissa Sue Gerrits/AP)
The Iraqi army announced Thursday that the US forces assigned to combat missions have started withdrawing from the country.
This came in a statement by the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, reported by the official Iraqi News Agency.
Rasoul said, “The American forces assigned to combat missions have begun to withdraw, and there is a continuous effort to complete the entire withdrawal process by December 31.”
He explained that “the withdrawal is taking place according to the plan between the Joint Operations Command (of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense) and the international coalition, which includes the continuation of the exchange of intelligence information, training, arming and equipment between the two sides.”
He added: “A number of American advisors (he did not specify) will be in camps in Iraq, and their protection will fall on the shoulders of the Iraqi forces.”
He continued, “There is coordination in the delivery of equipment, combat vehicles and weapons to the Iraqi armed forces, as well as the use of international coalition aircraft to target ISIS gangs in several areas.”
Last July, Baghdad and Washington agreed, in the fourth and final round of the strategic dialogue, to withdraw all US combat forces from Iraq by the end of this year 2021.
A joint statement at the time stated that the security relationship between the two countries “will move entirely to advice, training and intelligence cooperation, and US combat forces will not have any presence in Iraq.”
Since 2014, Washington has led an international coalition to combat ISIS, which took over a third of Iraq at the time, and deployed about 3,000 soldiers to the coalition, including 2,500 Americans.
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