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The United States has started withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, media said on Monday citing Iraqi parliament member Ali al-Ghanimi.
According to al-Ghanimi, US troops are beginning to leave 15 military bases in Iraq. In his words, the Americans have confined their presence by two big bases, the one near the city of Erbil in northern Iraq and Ain al-Asad airbase in the Anbar province some 180 kilometers west of Baghdad.
He noted that the United States was seeking to find a lodgement at these bases but “the Iraqi parliament and the Iraqi people insist that American troops be withdrawn from all the bases.”
No official comments from the US side about the withdrawal of troops from 15 bases in Iraq have followed as of yet.
On January 5, or two days after the United States’ missile strike near the Baghdad airport which killed Abu Mahdi Almuhandis, the head of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the Iraqi parliament passed a resolution demanding the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country.
The United States has been refusing to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Moreover, US President Donald Trump has threatened Baghdad with unprecedented sanctions.
