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US-led coalition hands Camp Taji to Iraq's security forces

Taji is the eighth and most expensive facility to be turned over fully to Baghdad's forces
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The US-led multinational military coalition against the Islamic State (IS) handed full control of another base to Iraqi security forces over the weekend.

Camp Taji, just a dozen miles north of the capital, is the eighth site yet turned over to Baghdad’s forces amid the coalition’s consolidation following the capture of IS’ last remaining territory last year.

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