US officials: Troops to leave Iraq in 18 monthsANNE GEARANPAMELA HESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fightingthe Islamic State groupby next year, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they have long oc...
The mandate to leave Iraq ought to be clear, but not everyone is eager to see U.S. troops depart. Detractors are throwing all shapes of proverbial pasta at the wall, searching for anti-withdrawal arguments that will stick. Perhaps inevitably, given the recent anniversary of 9/11, they have...
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President Trump is defending the U.S. airstrike that killed top Iranian General Qassam Suleimani. Mr. Trump also said that the U.S. will pull troops out of Iraq "at some point," but now is not that point. CBS News senior investigative correspon
President Obama announced this afternoon that US troops will finally be out of Iraq by the year’s end.
Iraqi Shiite Refugees Say West Has Forgotten Them as Last US Troops Leave Iraq, 600,000 More Shiites May Flee to Iran. as Iraq Calls on the United Nations to Ease Economic Sanctions, Shiite Refugees in Iran Accuse the International Community of Refusing to Support Them By Claude van England...
When the US military withdraws completely by the end of the year per President Obama’s announcement today, the State Department will take over the mission in 2012. Here’s a snapshot of what the American presence in Iraq will look like once the troops are gone: ...
"I don't know what that letter is ... We're trying to find out where that's coming from, what that is. But there's been no decision made to leave Iraq. Period." The letter caused confusion about the future of US forces in Iraq. The United States has about 5,000 US troops in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, U.S. officials said Friday. The cut would be in line with President Donald Trump's repeated call to bring troops home and h