U.S. to end combat mission in Iraq

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President Joe Biden met Monday at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to work out details of the U.S. military’s changing role in the country. By the end of the year, American troops will only provide advice and training to Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State (ISIS), Biden said.

How long has our military been in Iraq? President George W. Bush sent the military there in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein from power. President Barack Obama pulled them out in 2011 but sent U.S. forces back in 2014 after ISIS took over large parts of northern Iraq. Iraq has reclaimed that territory, but ISIS still commits terror attacks in the country.

Dig deeper: Read my report in The Sift about a suicide bombing ISIS committed in Baghdad in January.

Lynde Langdon

Lynde is WORLD’s executive editor for news. She is a graduate of World Journalism Institute, the Missouri School of Journalism, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lynde resides with her family in Wichita, Kan.

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