Coalition’s mission in Iraq ends by Septembers 2025
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The United States (U.S.) and Iraqi government announced on Friday the end of the mission of the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq by September 2025.
In a joint statement, the U.S. and the Iraqi government announced the conclusion of the Coalition’s military mission in Iraq over “the next twelve months, and no later than the end of September 2025.”
The Coalition’s troops will leave Iraqi territory in two phases, the first of which runs through September 2025, according to the agreement between the American and Iraqi governments.
The Associated Press cited Iraqi officials as saying that following the presidential election, the American forces will start leaving Ain al-Assad airbase in western Iraq and Baghdad International Airport.
Those forces will be moved to Hareer base in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, The Associated Press reported.
In the second phase, the U.S. and other members of the Coalition will continue to operate in Syria until September 2026.
” … to prevent the return of the ISIS terrorist threat from northeast Syria, and subject to conditions on the ground and consultations among Iraq, the United States, and the members of the Coalition, the military mission of the Coalition operating in Syria from a platform determined in the HMC will continue until September 2026,” the statement read.
The U.S. has approximately 2,500 troops stationed in Iraq and about 900 in Syria as part of a coalition of over 80 countries.
This coalition was established in 2014 to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
In January, Washington and Baghdad started to hold talks about the future of the Coalition. This came following increased attacks between U.S. forces and Iranian-backed militias in Syrian and Iraq after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.