What does the intensifying fighting in the Middle East mean for the situation of the US military in Iraq? Commander of Allah on 7 FebruaryAbu Bakir al-SaadiThe killing was not the first U.S. attack in retaliation for last month's deadly attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. Like the U.S. assassination of Iranian and Iraqi senior leaders in Baghdad four years ago, the attack has broader implications for the future of the U.S. military presence in Iraq.
Israel's war with the militant Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza has ignited other flashpoints in the region, raising fears of a possible spread of the scope of the war. In Iraq, years-long hostilities between Iranian-backed militias and the United States have continued to result in personnel on both sides**.
Heightened tensions in the Middle East could force the United States to withdraw from IraqIraq** condemned the US drone attack on the Iraqi capital, Saadi, as an attack on the country's sovereignty. The Iraqi prime minister, who came to power with the support of Iranian-backed Iraqi political parties, acquiesced in the dissolution of the US-led Iraqi military coalition.
Military spokesman for the Prime Minister of IraqYahya RasulAfter the second round of talks between Iraq and the U.S. side in February, the Maj. Gen. said the two sides would work out a timetable "in."International Coalition ForcesAt the end of the mission, a study will be conducted on the gradual reduction of military personnel". According to the Pentagon, Iraq now has about 2,500 U.S. personnel and about 900 deployed in neighboring Syria.
ISIS was driven out of Iraq, and two more years later, ISIS's last stronghold in Syria was defeated, but the US military remained. Iranian-backed militias have now become a permanent part of Iraq's ** security forces — on the ** payroll, known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.