Talks between Baghdad and Washington regarding an end to the US coalition’s combat mission in Iraq have failed to take off
The US has backtracked from a decision to announce a timeframe for a reduction in the number of its forces in Iraq, sources told Al Mayadeen on 8 July.
“The American side backed down from its decision to announce the reduction of forces during internal deliberations before meeting with the Iraqi side, within the framework of the Iraqi–American bilateral committee,” the sources said.
“There is a link between the decision to postpone the announcement of the reduction in Iraq, after the process of withdrawing American forces from Niger took priority,” they added.
The US army withdrew its forces from Air Base 101 in Niger on 7 July, in line with an order issued by the country’s ruling military council in April – which demanded the withdrawal of Washington’s troops.
The US is also set to withdraw from a major drone base in Niger’s desert city of Agadez in the coming weeks.
Baghdad and Washington renewed talks in January aimed at ending the mission of the US coalition in Iraq and transitioning it to an advisory role from a combat role. That month, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) coalition, which banded together in October in support of Gaza, halted the attacks it had been carrying out against US bases in the country since the start of the war.
The decision was a result of pressure from the Iraqi government and followed the killing of three US soldiers on the Jordanian–Syrian border in an Iraqi resistance drone attack on 28 January. At the time, the IRI said it would stop its attacks to allow Baghdad to continue negotiations with the US...
However, talks between Baghdad and Washington continue to stall.
...Pentagon press secretary General Patrick Ryder confirmed earlier that month that the US has no plans to withdraw its forces from Iraq.
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