The United States Department of Defense concluded the complete withdrawal of its remaining operational combat detachments from military installations across Iraq, formally bringing an end to the twelve-year coalition mission initiated under Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State. American defense logistics commands vacated their final footprint at an airbase in northern Iraq, turning over structural hangars, surveillance hardware, and communications arrays to federal Iraqi defense forces.
The orderly military drawdown adhered strictly to bilateral security pacts negotiated between Washington and the federal government of Iraq, transitioning international support from direct military deployment into standard bilateral security advisory relationships. Since the formation of the global coalition in 2014, American forces provided critical close air support, technical intelligence, and tactical training that enabled Iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to liberate captured urban centers.
Pentagon officials and Iraqi military leaders held a joint ceremony to commemorate the conclusion of the mission, honoring the sacrifice of coalition service personnel and Iraqi security forces who fell in combat against extremist insurgent networks. Regional security experts observed that the departure concludes a major chapter in modern American military engagements across West Asia.
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