- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
TEHRAN, May 1 -The US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has closed down a headquarters responsible for ground operations in Baghdad, symbolically ending major combat operations in Iraq.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – The US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has closed down a headquarters responsible for ground operations in Baghdad, symbolically ending major combat operations in Iraq.The Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command (CJFLCC) headquarters was deactivated in a ceremony on Monday, and its authorities were transferred to Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR).
“Casing the CJFLCC colors is a symbolic gesture, honoring the perseverance and sacrifice of our coalition partners,” said Major General Walter Piatt, the commander of the 10th Mountain Division who has headed the CJFLCC since last month.
There was no information on the fate of US troops in Syria, which President Donald Trump recently said he wanted to withdraw from “very soon,” to the objections of the political and military establishment in Washington. Syria has repeatedly condemned the presence of US troops on its territory as illegal, in contrast with the Russian military contingent that arrived in September 2015 at the invitation from Damascus to aid in the destruction of IS.
The US invaded Iraq in 2003, claiming that the country possessed illegal weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons were ever found. US forces dismantled the Iraqi military and security apparatus and quickly found themselves facing a widespread insurgency. US troops withdrew from Iraq in December 2011, just as war was flaring up in neighboring Syria.
Emerging from that conflict, IS rapidly seized large swathes of Iraqi territory in 2014, including the major city of Mosul in the north. The US launched Operation Inherent Resolve in October that year and deployed troops and advisers back to Iraq.
Source: RT
Your Comment