US Forces in Iraq 2003-2024

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[size=52]US Forces in Iraq 2003-2024[/size]

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2024-10-01
The number of US forces in Iraq has declined since the beginning of the invasion in 2003, from about 130,000, and remained fluctuating between 100,000 and 150,000, but it rose again to about 170,000 with the intensification of sectarian violence in 2007.[/size]
[size=45]At the end of 2011, the United States of America ended its invasion of Iraq under President Barack Obama, and withdrew its forces from the country, with the exception of a small number of military advisors.

The number of US forces from 2004 to 2010
ranged between 100,000 and 150,000 US soldiers, with the exception of 2007.[/size]
[size=45]The number of British troops between 2003 and 2009
ranged from 41,000 to 46,000 British soldiers.[/size]
[size=45]2007:
Announcement of the deployment of about 30,000 additional US troops to Iraq to combat rising sectarian violence, bringing the total to about 170,000.
September 2007: US President George W. Bush backs down from a plan to withdraw 30,000 troops.
May 10, 2007: 144 Iraqi MPs sign a decree calling for a timeframe for the withdrawal of the US military.
June 3, 2007: The Iraqi parliament votes to require the government to consult with it before submitting a request for an additional period for the UN Security Council’s mandate over coalition operations in the country.
December 18, 2007: The UN Security Council’s mandate is renewed without the approval of the Iraqi parliament.
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US soldiers in the Iraqi city of Nineveh in March 2020 (Reuters)
November 2008:
Iraq signs the Strategic Framework Agreement with the United States, which stipulates the withdrawal of the last US soldier on December 31, 2011.[/size]
[size=45]August 19, 2010:
The withdrawal of 90,000 American troops is completed, with about 50,000 remaining in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]2020:
On January 5, the Iraqi parliament asks the government to end the presence of any foreign forces in the country, including American ones, two days after the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, in an airstrike in Baghdad.
Exchange of attacks between the Popular Mobilization Forces and American forces in Iraq.

September 9, 2020:
Washington announces a reduction in its forces from 5,200 to 3,000.
2021:
3,000 US soldiers, distributed between the Ain al-Assad base (Anbar Governorate in the west of the country) and Harir base (Erbil Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan), after the closure of about 7 military bases.[/size]
[size=45]2023:
About 2,500 U.S. troops and 1,000 U.S.-led coalition troops.
2024 Agreement
Until 2024, there are about 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq, part of what remains of the U.S.-led coalition that began in 2014 to fight the Islamic State after it seized large areas of Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Iraqi Defense Minister Thabet al-Abbasi said in September 2024 that US forces would leave his country by 2026.[/size]
[size=45]News also leaked that Washington and Baghdad reached an agreement in the same month regarding the withdrawal of international coalition forces from Iraq according to a plan to be implemented in stages during the years 2025 and 2026.[/size]
[size=45]Reuters quoted sources as saying that the plan includes the withdrawal of hundreds of coalition forces by September 2025 and the rest by the end of 2026.[/size]
[size=45]Source: Al Jazeera + Agencies[/size]
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