Iraq security official says US-led anti-IS forces have ended combat mission
Iraq security official says US-led anti-IS forces have ended combat mission
The Iraqi official said the combat mission had ended on schedule ahead of the end of the year and that combat troops were to withdraw.
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The US-led forces' combat mission in Iraq is now over [Rockfinder/Getty]
national security adviser said on Thursday that had ended their combat mission in Iraq, a move that transfers all remaining troops into a training and advising role.
Qasim Al-Aaraji said on Twitter that the combat mission had ended on schedule ahead of the end of the year and that combat troops were to withdraw.
±«³§Ìý±Ê°ù±ð²õ¾±»å±ð²Ô³Ù and Iraqi Prime Minister sealed an agreement in July to formally end the USÌýcombat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021.
Western security and diplomatic officials say that calling the shift a withdrawal is misleading because it changes little in terms of the number of forces based in Iraq.
The USÌýhas kept around 2,500 troops in Iraq since 2020. The Western officials say that most of those forces have been operating only in a training and advising role for some time.
The US-led military mission focuses on countering the remnants of the so-called group. It began its mission in 2014 as part of an international effort to defeat the extremist group which had taken over vast areas of Iraq and Syria.
(Reuters)
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