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Baghdad and Washington agree to reduce the US combat units in Ain Al-Assad and Erbil at the end of this September Time: 09/17/2021 11:17:28 Reading: 1,027 times {Umniah: Al Furat News} Iraq and the United States agreed to reduce the US combat units at the Ain al-Assad bases, west of Anbar, and Harir, in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region, at the end of this September. A statement by the Security Media Cell issued today, Friday, and the agency {Euphrates News} received a copy of it said, “A meeting was held yesterday, Thursday, in Baghdad, between the Iraqi Military Technical Committee headed by the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Al-Shammari and its American counterpart headed by the Commander of the Solid Resolve Operations Forces in Iraq, Major General. John Brennan, within the framework of the technical security talks that were agreed upon in the Iraq-US Strategic Dialogue and the plan to transition to a non-combat role for the international coalition forces operating in Iraq according to the outcomes of the meeting held on July 22, 2021. The two parties agreed, according to the statement, "to reduce the combat units and American capabilities from the military bases in Ain Al-Assad and Erbil, to be completed by the end of this September, and the level of the leadership of the international coalition was reduced from a headquarters led by a team officer to a smaller headquarters led by an officer with the rank of brigade for management and support purposes." processing and exchanging intelligence and advice. The two sides reiterated that the presence of US forces and the international coalition forces is at the invitation of Iraq and depends on providing protection from the Iraqi government in accordance with international laws and norms and in accordance with Iraqi sovereignty. The two sides also agreed to "hold regular sessions to complete the discussion of the remaining steps to secure the transition to a non-combat role for the international coalition forces by the time set for it at the end of this year."