US to withdraw troops from Iraq amid growing crisis with Iran

BREAKING: US to withdraw troops from Iraq amid growing crisis with Iran

Donald and Melania Trump arrive at the White House on Sunday evening hours before the US announced plans to withdraw troops from Iraq amid an ongoing crisis with Iran

The letter laid out US coalition plans to ‘reposition forces over the cours eof the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement.’ The US announced its withdrawal from Iraq four days after Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Iran’s top General Qasem Soleimani, pictured in 2016, as he left Baghdad Airport

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