National Security Advisor: We agreed with Washington to end the coalition mission in September 2026
National Security Advisor: We agreed with Washington to end the coalition mission in September 2026
2025/02/07
National Security Adviser, Qasim Al Araji, confirmed the agreement with Washington to end the mission of the international coalition in September 2026.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, confirmed in a press statement yesterday, “We have reached an agreement with the United States that there will be a timetable to end the mission of the international coalition over a period of two years ending in 2026, and then we will move to bilateral security relations. We have actually started a bilateral dialogue with the United States and the rest of the countries of the international coalition, such as the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy.”
Iraq and the United States announced in a joint statement on September 27, 2024, that the US-led coalition’s military mission in Iraq would end by September 2025, with a transition to bilateral security partnerships.
The joint statement explained that the coalition’s mission will end within 12 months, and no later than the end of September 2025.
He added that the coalition’s military mission in Syria will continue until September 2026.
Earlier this month, Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement on the withdrawal of international coalition forces from Iraq, according to a plan that is being implemented in stages.
Sources told Reuters a few days ago that the plan includes the withdrawal of hundreds of US-led coalition forces by next September and the rest by the end of 2026.
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