US military presence in spotlight after Baghdad meeting - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Jul 15, 2021

Brett McGurk and Mustafa al-Kadhimi — Brett McGurk (L), the White House’s coordinator for Middle East policy, met in Baghdad on July 15, 2021, with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (R). Here, McGurk is seen addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital, Manama, on Oct. 27, 2018, while Kadhimi is seen at 10 Downing Street in London, where he met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Oct. 22, 2020. — AFP via Getty Images (L) / Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images (R)

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No plans for full US withdrawal from Iraq, top general says

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

This handout picture released by the US Army shows US Army Paratroopers at Pope Army Airfield in North Carolina, Jan. 1, 2020. Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division were activated and deployed to the US Central Command area of operations in Iraq.

Intel: US to announce agreement to pull 'combat troops' from Iraq

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - MARCH 13: Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, talks to journalists about the military response to rocket attacks that killed two U.S. and one U.K. service members in Iraq during a news briefing at the Pentagon March 13, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Because of the threat of transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Pentagon is exercising social distancing by keeping reporters' chairs four feet apart from each other during briefings. (Pho

US CENTCOM commander discusses security ties in visit to Iraq

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

US President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, July 26, 2021.

Biden announces end to US combat mission in Iraq

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military