"In the coming days"
Iraq: Agreement apparently reached on withdrawal of US troops
According to the government in Baghdad, an official document is to be signed "in the next few days" that will seal the gradual withdrawal of US troops and their allies from Iraq.
The withdrawal of soldiers from the US-led coalition fighting the jihadist militia Islamic State is to take place in "two stages", Iraqi Defense Minister Thabet al-Abbassi said on Sunday. He hoped that the corresponding agreement would be officially signed "in the next few days".
The USA currently has around 2,500 soldiers stationed in Iraq as part of the anti-IS military coalition and 900 more in neighboring Syria. They have been in talks with Baghdad for months about a troop withdrawal, but so far no timetable has been officially announced.
Kurdish areas also affected
The Iraqi defense minister told the Al-Hadath television station on Sunday that the coalition intends to give up its bases in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq by September 2025, according to the agreement reached. It should also leave the autonomous Kurdish regions in northern Iraq by September 2026. The anti-IS military coalition was founded in 2014 to push back the jihadist militia in Iraq and Syria.
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