Iraq’s Prime Minister arrives at the White House to discuss with US President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, the US has announced the withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq. The US has said that all troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of this year under the ‘US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue’.
Two important questions have arisen from this announcement – what effect will it have on the ground situation in Iraq and will it open the way for the withdrawal of Islamic State in Iraq. Just a few years ago, Islamic State created panic throughout the Middle East. In this extremist organization, extremists were associated from London to Australia.
18 years after the US invasion of Iraq, there are now only two and a half thousand American soldiers in Iraq. Apart from this, there is also a small secret contingent of Special Forces fighting Islamic State, about which information is not public.
After the invasion of Iraq, America’s strong army of 1 lakh 60 thousand soldiers occupied Iraq. Now the remaining two and a half thousand soldiers are confined to three bases and they have also been attacked by rocket and drone attacks by Iran-backed militias.
