President Joe Biden says US combat mission in Iraq will end this year

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Joe Biden says the US military's combat mission in Iraq ends this year, almost 20 years after the war began.

Indeed, the organisation is a shell of its former self since it was largely routed on the battlefield in 2017.

The US and Iraq agreeing in April that the US transition to a train-and-advise mission meant the US combat role would end, but they did not settle on a timetable for completing that transition. Mr al-Kadhimi faces no shortage of problems. Iranian-backed militias operating inside Iraq have stepped up attacks against US forces in recent months, and a series of devastating hospital fires that left dozens of people dead and soaring coronavirus infections have added fresh layers of frustration for the nation.For Mr al-Kadhimi, the ability to offer the Iraqi public a date for the end of the US combat presence could be a feather in his cap before the election.

 

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So officially, the US is handing Iraq to Iran ..

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