US Iraq Base Withdrawal

The US military is completing its withdrawal from remaining military bases across Iraq.

The US military is set to complete its withdrawal from remaining military bases in Iraq under a deal signed between the US and the Iraqi government in 2024. The US is officially ending the mission of the anti-ISIS coalition, which began in 2014 after the US redeployed troops to Iraq following a 2011 withdrawal. The withdrawal will likely leave Marines or other military personnel at the US embassy in Baghdad, which is the largest US diplomatic facility in the world. The Trump administration has also demanded that the withdrawal should come with the disarmament of Iraq's Iran-aligned Shia militias, but this deadline has been set at June 30, 2027. While the US will continue to wield significant power over Iraq, its oil revenues account for about 90% of the government’s budget.

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