Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain.
Iraq’s Defense Ministry said the final contingent of US advisers has left al-Asad Air Base in Anbar province in western Iraq, which hosted US troops for more than two decades.
The US military has been drawing down for several years after the Iraqi government called for it do so in 2023.
The US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group also withdrew from the Joint Operations Command headquarters, leaving the installations under the full control of Iraqi…