According to the Iraqi defense minister, the soldiers of the US-led coalition will leave the country within two years.
Iraq and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of the anti-Isis coalition from Iraq.
The decision to withdraw is ready before the signing of the agreement, the Iraqi defense minister Thabet al-Abbassi told Al-Hadath TV channel.
The anti-Isis coalition was established by the United States in 2014 to respond to the war of conquest by the extremist Islamic terrorist organization Isis in Iraq. Has worked in the coalition more than 80 members in different roles.
The United States now has about 2,500 troops in Iraq.
The withdrawal of the coalition has been negotiated for months in Baghdad. Even now, no exact time limit was given for the withdrawal.
According to Defense Minister al-Abbas, the withdrawal will take place in two stages. According to Al-Abbas, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin would have required three years as the final limit for withdrawal.
However, Al-Abbass says he has drawn the limit to two years.
Iraqi and coalition forces defeated ISIS in Iraq in 2017. However, jihadists are still active in the remote desert regions of Iraq. Iraq’s defense forces say they are now able to defend themselves against jihadists without the help of allies.
Source: AFP