Biden Announces End to US Combat Mission in Iraq
Voice of America
27 Jul 2021, 06:05 GMT+10
WHITE HOUSE - Within months, U.S. forces in Iraq will end their combat duties there, President Joe Biden announced on Monday during a White House meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
In response to reporters questions in the Oval Office, Biden, alongside the Iraqi leader, said the new role for American troops in Iraq will be to continue to train, to assist, to help and to deal with ISIS (Islamic State group) as it arises, but we re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission.
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