Washington is not currently planning to withdraw its forces from Iraq News

The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said that it is not currently planning to withdraw its forces from Iraq, despite Baghdad’s announcement a few days ago that it had begun measures to end the presence International coalition against Islamic State organization Following American strikes that killed a leader in… The popular crowd.

Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said – yesterday, Monday, in a press briefing – that he is not aware of any plans to withdraw from Iraq, adding that the American forces participating in the coalition continue to focus strongly on the mission of defeating ISIS.

Reid added that he was also not aware of any notification from Baghdad to the Pentagon regarding the decision to withdraw American forces, noting that these forces are in Iraq at the invitation of the government there.

The international coalition, led by the United States, includes other countries such as France and Spain, and was established in 2014 to combat ISIS, which controlled large areas of Iraq and Syria.

He was the Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani Last Friday, he renewed his country’s firm position to end the presence of the international coalition led by Washington after the justifications for its existence have ended, as he put it.

On the same day, Al-Sudani’s office announced that the government is setting the date for the start of the dialogue through a bilateral committee to determine the arrangements for the end of the coalition’s presence, stressing that it is “a commitment that the government will not back away from, and will not neglect everything that would complete national sovereignty over the land, sky, and waters of Iraq.”

This announcement came a day after an American drone strike in Baghdad that led to the killing of Talib Ali Al-Saeedi, a leader in the… Al-Nujaba Movement Subsumed under factions The popular crowd.

Iraq described this raid as an attack on its sovereignty, while the United States considered it self-defense and a response to attacks launched by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” and other factions on bases housing American forces in Iraq and Syria.

Iranian support

In Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced its support for the Iraqi government in its effort to end the presence of the US-led coalition.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said – during a press conference – that the Iraqi forces have the authority and power necessary to ensure security in the country.

Kanaani added that it is time for American forces to leave Iraq.

An American official said – last Thursday – that his country’s forces in the Middle East had been subjected to about 115 attacks since last October 17.

In addition to the 2,500 soldiers in Iraq, there are 900 Americans in Syria as part of what the United States says is a mission to provide advice and support to local forces.