Washington Post: The last remaining forces are relocating to Jordan, the headquarters for the ongoing mission to fight Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said.
The withdraw concludes a Biden administration agreement made in 2024 to zero out U.S. military personnel in Iraq by this year. Recently, there were about 1,500 combined U.S. personnel and anti-Islamic State coalition members in Iraq, a U.S. official said, as forces consolidated and departed ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline…