Iraqi security specialists and political investigators accept that media reports about plans and dates for the withdrawal of US powers from Iraq are pain relievers to delay, while the presence will remain and go on for quite a while. Be that as it may, the US side is attempting to profit from them electorally by supporting Popularity based competitor Kamala Harris before the US races, and furthermore to lessen the outfitted heightening with the Islamic opposition groups. It is also seen as support for Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s government, which is carrying out its promises to end the international coalition’s mission in Iraq or remove it altogether.
Six months after beginning talks, Reuters reported on Friday, citing a number of American and Iraqi sources, that the two countries had reached an agreement outlining plans for the withdrawal of the US-led coalition forces.
The information states that hundreds of American soldiers will leave by September 2025, including all of the soldiers stationed at the Ain al-Asad base and a significant number of soldiers from Baghdad. On the other hand, an American force and other coalition forces will remain in Erbil until the end of 2026 in order to continue fighting ISIS in Syria.
“Every now and then, statements appear that are considered for local consumption within Iraq and are in line with the desire and aspirations of the Iraqi government, which does not want to be frank with its people that the presence of American forces will continue for a longer period, especially in light of the presence of American forces in the Ain Al-Assad, Victoria, and Harir bases, so there is no withdrawal,” political researcher Saif Al-Saadi says in response to this.
“These leaks are painkillers and not a cure for the disease, as the American forces continue to be present and their relationship is regulated by the strategic framework agreement consisting of 31 articles that indicate the presence of American forces for a long period, and there is also a clause to protect the democratic system, which means that any defect or internal problems that America sees as potentially undermining the democratic system or failing the democratic experiment in Iraq, it will intervene,” Al-Saadi stated in his interview with Al
He continued, “The United States also has other justifications, including the presence of the terrorist organization ISIS, in addition to protecting the democratic system.” In Wadi al-Ghadf, west of Anbar, the Iraqi intelligence service and American forces conducted a joint operation a few days ago. Because of these operations and the terrorist organization ISIS’s presence, the American forces gain legitimacy for their presence. In light of Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, there is also a close connection between the American presence in Syria and Iraq.
Al-Saadi said in his conclusion: As a result, I do not anticipate a withdrawal of American forces. These statements are merely slogans for the benefit of the local population and painkillers by which the Iraqi government is attempting to capitalize on the truce and exploit it with some Iraqi factions that do not abide by the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. As a result, they are a form of persuasion and a means of gaining additional time until the conclusion of this
In response, retired Major General Imad Allou, Director of the Reliance Center for Security and Strategic Studies, provides the following explanation: “There has been no official announcement by Iraq or America about the withdrawal or termination of the mission of the coalition forces, and the American and Iraqi parties have not addressed in any way or at any stage of the strategic dialogue by the Military Technical Committee about the withdrawal of American forces.” This is the statement that Allou provided in response to the previous statement.
Alo stated, “There is a difference between ending the coalition mission, withdrawing coalition forces, and withdrawing American forces from Iraq,” when he was addressing the audience. Moving toward bilateral relations and maintaining a number of American forces for training, consulting, and support of the Iraqi armed forces were always the topics of discussion and statements made by American officials and Iraqi officials. This is settled upon between the different sides through the Preeminent Military Specialized Board.”
He went on to say, “The issue of withdrawal is somewhat ambiguous, elastic, and unclear, and depends on the state of tension between the Islamic resistance factions and the American side due to the current data in the war of extermination that Israel is waging on Gaza, in addition to other tensions in the region in the arenas of Syria and Iraq, and the tension between the American and Iranian sides.” He went on to say that “The issue of withdrawal is somewhat ambiguous, elastic, and unclear.”
Alou is of the opinion that “the American side is trying to leak the withdrawal process or its announcement for electoral purposes to support the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris before reaching the election stage between the Democrats and the Republicans, and also for the purpose of reducing the escalation between the Islamic resistance factions and the American forces present in the Ain al-Assad, Harir, and Victoria bases.” This is in order to support Kamala Harris, who is running for president of the United States. It is additionally viewed as help for the Sudanese government that the last option is continuing with executing its vows to pull out or end the mission of the worldwide alliance in Iraq.”
Abbas Ghadir, a Hikma Movement member and one of the Coordination Framework’s forces, asserts, “The withdrawal of coalition forces is in its final stages.” An official agreement on the withdrawal of coalition forces was reached after meetings and encounters between the Iraqi government and the American government, and the negotiations reached their conclusion.
“The leaks say that the date for the withdrawal of forces will be next year, and that there will be a bilateral agreement between Iraq and a number of countries, including the United States of America, through which the work of the advisors to train the Iraqi forces will be determined,” Ghadir stated in an interview with.
According to Newsweek, a Pentagon official said on Saturday that President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will decide when and how the international coalition’s mission in Iraq will end.
The official from the United States was quoted as saying: President Biden and the Sudanese Prime Minister made it clear in their joint statement that they will look into these things to figure out when and how the international coalition’s mission in Iraq will end and move in the right direction toward sustainable bilateral security partnerships based on the Iraqi constitution and the strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraq.
