The drawdown from the Al-Asad Airbase was completed despite renewed tensions with Iran
The US has fully withdrawn troops from the Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, reducing the Pentagon’s footprint in the country to Kurdish-controlled areas.
The drawdown, agreed upon in 2024, proceeded despite renewed regional tensions after US President Donald Trump hinted at military action against neighboring Iran in support of anti-government protests there.
The military facility in al-Anbar Governorate was a linchpin of the US presence in Iraq after the 2003 invasion. In 2020, however, following the US assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani during his…
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