Iraq announced an agreement to reduce the number of American troops

According to the report of the international group of Fars News Agency, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry today (5th of February) announced an agreement with Sadro and the US government after six months of negotiations with this country for the gradual reduction of anti-ISIS coalition forces. According to this agreement, the “fight against Daesh” mission that this coalition has defined for itself ends. And in order to increase the capacity and efficiency of the Iraqi forces, after 6 months of negotiations with the US government, which began in August 2023, with this country on the formation of the High Military Committee (HMC) to assess the threat and danger of ISIS and also determine the duration of the presence. The advisors of the international coalition led by the United States have reached an agreement.

The Iraqi government also announced that due to the gradual reduction in the number of “international coalition advisors” and the end of the “mission to combat ISIS” with The United States of America has reached an agreement.

According to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, the parties have agreed to expand political, economic, cultural, security and military relations. Also, Iraq and the United States have emphasized that they support the actions of the High Military Committee (HMC) and facilitate its mission and prevent stonewalling in its activities.

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry added: It is to protect the security of the international coalition forces during the negotiation period throughout the country and to maintain stability and prevent tension, and welcomes this agreement and considers it part of the implementation of the government’s plan and its obligations to the people.”

This statement comes after CNN reported this morning, citing informed sources, that Washington and Baghdad are expected to discuss the future of American military presence in Iraq soon.

These sources, who were not named, told CNN: “The United States and Iraq agreed in the summer to form a high military commission to act as a catalyst for talks. The discussions between the American and Iraqi officials will be like a working group, focusing on the next phase of the American anti-ISIS coalition operation. Baghdad met with “Mohammed Shia al-Sudani” and during his speech, referring to the activity of Spanish advisers in Iraq within the framework of the international coalition, he emphasized the support of his government for any decision that Iraq makes in this field and said that Iraq is a partner. It is necessary for Spain and efforts to expand relations continue.

The tension between the resistance forces in Iraq and the American army has increased sharply since the beginning of the war in Gaza, and the American bases in the region have been They are targeted daily, on the other hand, the American army has attacked the positions of al-Hashd al-Shaabi several times, killing several Iraqi security and military forces. American fighters attacked several bases of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi in the cities of “Jarf al-Nasr” and “Al-Qaim” in Babol and Anbar provinces in western Iraq. American Defense Minister Lloyd Austin also said that in response to the ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Assad base and the wounding of American soldiers, the country’s army targeted Kataeb Hezbollah positions. (more details)

USA bases In Iraq

But regarding the number of American bases and forces in Iraq, there are more than 11 American military bases in six provinces of this country, including two There is a base in Baghdad, one base in Mosul, three bases in the Kurdistan region, two bases in Kirkuk, two bases in Anbar and one base in Tikrit.

Baghdad: Al-Taji base and Victory base At Baghdad airport

Mosul: at Al-Qayarah airport

Erbil: in an area called “Atroosh” and another in Harir

Sulaimaniyah: two bases near the common borders of Iran and Iraq

Al-Anbar: two bases, one in Al-Baghdadi and the other in Al-Habbaniyeh, in addition to being on the borders

Kirkuk: two bases in an area known as “Range” and another one in “Alton Kopri”

Tikrit: “Balad al-Jawiya” base

 The number of non-American soldiers in Iraq reaches 2,400 people who have entered the country on behalf of other countries under the name of the anti-terrorism coalition, which until this moment has been explicitly stated about them. No word has been said.

Baghdad and Washington on July 26, agreed that the American combat forces would leave Iraq by the end of this year, and only a number of American forces would be sent to advise and The training of Iraqi forces should remain.

American forces entered Iraq for the second time in 2014. The United States used 3,000 troops in the form of an international coalition against ISIS, 2,500 of them. , who were Americans, entered this country. After the announcement of victory over ISIS by Baghdad, the people and the government of Iraq emphasized the necessity of the withdrawal of foreign soldiers from the country.

The emphasis of Iraqi people on expulsion America intensified when America martyred Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy head of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Organization. In response to this crime, the Iraqi parliament approved the plan to expel American soldiers from the country in January 2018.

Despite several rounds of strategic negotiations between Baghdad and Washington to end the US military presence in Iraq, the US is still present in Iraq in violation of this resolution. Although the Iraqi authorities have announced the beginning of the process of withdrawal of American soldiers, and sometimes the news of the withdrawal of several American combat units is reported in the media.

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