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Mar 15, 2023 · In both Iraq and Syria, U.S. troops disrupt what could be an uncontested land bridge for Iran to the eastern Mediterranean. WATCH: An Iraqi-American photojournalist’s Brief But Spectacular...
U.S. combat troops have since accelerated their withdrawal from Iraq. In July 2021, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, with remaining U.S. troops serving in an advisory and assistance role.
- 20 March 2020 – 9 December 2021
Jul 26, 2021 · BBC. America now has only about 2,500 regular troops left in Iraq. First Afghanistan, now Iraq. As Iraq's prime minister visits the White House for talks with President Joe Biden, an...
Jul 27, 2021 · 27 July 2021. Anadolu Agency. Iraq's prime minister says there is no need for any foreign combat forces on Iraqi soil. President Joe Biden says US forces will end their combat mission in Iraq...
Mar 22, 2023 · Ahmed and Muhja al-Jaboury speak with CBS News at their home in Baghdad, Iraq, just ahead of March 20, 2023 - 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion began to topple Saddam Hussein. CBS News. He...
- CBS News Foreigh Correspondent, London
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After the United States in June 2014 started to send troops to Iraq to secure American interests and assets and advise the Iraqi forces (see section U.S. surveillance and military advising in Iraq), President Barack Obama end of September planned to send 1,600 troops to Iraq as "advisers" to the Iraqi Army and Kurdish forces. 800 of them would ...
Jul 27, 2021 · Who was Qasem Soleimani? US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003 to overthrow President Saddam Hussein and eliminate weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist. Then President George...