The United States and Iraq announced an agreement on Friday to end the anti-ISIS coalition military presence in Iraq over the next two years. The move could lead to a reduction of the 2,500 American troops currently in Iraq while maintaining the 900 troops stationed in northeast Syria. U.S. officials emphasized that this is not a withdrawal from Iraq but a transition to a new bilateral security relationship.
Luis Martinez and Matt SeylerThe U.S. and Iraq on Friday announced an agreement to end the anti-ISIS coalition military presence in Iraq that over the next two years, a move that could lead to a reduction of the 2,500 American troops still in Iraq and maintain the 900 troops in northeast Syria.
Under the agreement, Iraq will allow the U.S. military presence in Iraq in order to provide support for the 900 U.S. troops stationed in northeast Syria to prevent a resurgence of ISIS. "Iraq thanks the Coalition for the backing and support provided to the Iraqi security forces to confront this common threat and secure ISIS's territorial defeat in Iraq," said the statement. "At the forefront of these countries has been the United States of America, which stood with Iraq in difficult circumstances."
Ahead of the announcement, U.S. officials emphasized that the agreement was not withdrawal of U.S. military troops but a transition away from the coalition military presence that was established in 2014 as ISIS swept across Syria into Iraq coming as close as 40 miles from Baghdad.
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