Iraq announces last deadline for US withdrawal

Baghdad (IP) –The Spokesman of Iraqi Army Joint Operations Command reported the last deadline of the US troops' presence on Iraq's soil.

Iran PressMiddle East: The Spokesman of the Iraqi Army Joint Operations Command said the US-Iraq Joint Committee announced January 31 would be the deadline for the US troops' presence in Iraq, based on the results of a strategic dialogue between the two countries.

Tahsin al-Khafaji said: "Following the agreement, a large number of the US troops began leaving Iraq". 

Al-Khafaji noted that the US forces had settled in no more military bases in Iraq but Ein al-Assad and al-Hariri bases which were respectively under the control of Iraqi Army Command and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga forces. 

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