US official: US will not withdraw from Iraq
US official: US will not withdraw from Iraq
1-4-2025
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A report by the American website Breaking Defense revealed on Saturday that the main story for the year 2025 will be about developments in the situation in Syria and Lebanon after the regime change and its repercussions on the regional level, where an alliance of armed terrorist groups controls the government in the country.
The report, translated by Al-Maalouma Agency, stated that “In addition, this year is expected to reveal the future of Russian and Iranian influence in Syria, specifically Russian military bases in the country. But will Moscow reach an agreement with armed groups to keep the Hmeimim air base and the Tartus naval base as a focal point for projecting its power in the Mediterranean, or will 2024 be the end of the Russian presence in Syria? This question still awaits an answer, perhaps sooner than expected in 2025.”
“After Syria, the region can be watched by its neighbor Iraq, which plans to end the international coalition mission in the country in September 2025,” he added. “It is clear that the United States will not withdraw from Iraq, and we are moving toward the kind of long-term security relationship that the United States enjoys with partners around the world,” he claimed.
“However, this coming year could put Baghdad under pressure if ISIS and al-Qaeda see a strong comeback in Syria, the fate of southern Lebanon is in flux as we enter the new year, and 2025 could see another major push toward normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, something the Biden administration was trying to achieve before the Palestinian resistance movement’s attacks on October 7, 2023, derailed that process,” the report noted.
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