Biden announces end of combat mission of Americans in Iraq

SANAA, Jul. 27 (YPA) –  US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States would end by the end of the year its combat mission in Iraq to begin a new phase of military cooperation with that country.

Biden said during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi at the White House: “We will not be at the end of the year on a combat mission in Iraq, but our cooperation against terrorism will continue even in this new stage that we are discussing.”

On Sunday, Al-Kazemi arrived at the head of a high-level delegation that includes the ministers of foreign affairs, defense, oil, trade and culture, to the American capital, Washington, on an official visit.