BAGHDAD: US forces have withdrawn from Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad Airbase, which housed US-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, the Iraqi defense ministry said on Saturday. In 2024, Washington and Baghdad reached an understanding on plans for the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq and a move toward a bilateral security relationship.

BAGHDAD: US forces have withdrawn from Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad Airbase, which housed US-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, the Iraqi defense…

With the withdrawal, 'these sites come under the full control of Iraqi security forces,' the military committee said, adding that they would transition to 'the stage of bilateral…