USA beenden ihren Kampfeinsatz im Irak
Iraq announced the end of the US combat mission in the country on Thursday, a top Iraqi military official said as the global coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group formally shifts its role to focusing on military advising, training, and intelligence gathering.
“We officially announce the end of the combat missions of the coalition forces and their withdrawal from Iraq,” Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji said in a tweet.
Iraq’s relationship with the US will “continue in the field of training, advice, and empowerment,” he added, speaking after a meeting between the coalition and Joint Operations commanders of Iraq’s security forces.
The US-led coalition was formally established in October 2014 after ISIS took control of large swathes of territories in Iraq and Syria. US President Joe Biden received Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in July and announced that the US combat mission in Iraq will be over by the end of the year as its focus shifts to high-level advisory work.
“Cooperation in the field of training with the international coalition will continue,” Saad Maan, media officer for Iraq’s interior ministry said at a press conference following Araji’s tweet.