Iraq says coalition headquarters to close by Sept. 30, citing stable security

Iraq reiterated Saturday that the headquarters of the US-led international coalition will close on Sept. 30, saying its security situation is stable and its armed forces are in control of the entire country, Anadolu reports. “On Sept. 30, the international coalition headquarters will close, and there are no foreign military bases on our territory,” Abdul Amir al-Shammari, director of the office of Iraq’s aremd forces commander-in-chief, said in remarks carried by the state-run Iraqi News Agency on US social media company X. “Our security situation is good. We control all Iraqi territory, and there is no concern over the country’s security,” he added. The US-led coalition, which includes countries such as France and Spain, was formed in 2014 to fight […]