The National: The United States is stalling on its withdrawal from Iraq
The National: The United States is stalling on its withdrawal from Iraq
9-7-2024
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A report by the British newspaper The National confirmed on Saturday that after announcing an agreement on the withdrawal of US forces by the end of 2026, it appears that a number of US officials are still stressing the need for a military presence under the pretext of ISIS.
The newspaper quoted in a report translated by /Al-Maalouma/ agency, an American military official who refused to reveal his identity, saying in a special statement that “the United States is likely to retain significant military capabilities to fight extremists in Iraq after the end of the coalition against ISIS in the coming years.” According to his claim.
“The departure of coalition forces does not necessarily change the military’s ability to continue operations,” the official said after news of the withdrawal announcement by the end of 2026 emerged. “I would be very surprised if they withdrew the entire American presence.” The two sides were scheduled to announce the deal last August, but it was postponed after an attack on American forces at the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq.
The report indicated that “there are about 2,500 soldiers in Iraq and 900 in neighboring Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS since 2014, where the extremist organization seized about a third of the two countries, but was defeated territorially in Iraq at the end of 2017 and in Syria in 2019, but thousands of fighters from the US army are still deployed in the region despite the defeat of the terrorist organization several years ago.”
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