Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani announced that talks with the international coalition have begun for the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, and this process is expected to be completed by September 2026.
Publish dateSaturday 8 November 2025 - 17:08
Story Code : 335355
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani emphasized in his latest statements the need to maintain Iraq's national sovereignty and said that Baghdad wants the end of the presence of foreign forces so that Iraq no longer becomes a scene of regional and international conflicts.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, who was interviewed by Rudaw Network today (Saturday, November 7), stated that the Iraqi government has begun direct talks with the international coalition; a coalition that was formed in 2014 to confront the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and operated under the leadership of the United States.
Al-Sudani, referring to the difference between the current conditions in Iraq and the era of the emergence of ISIS, said: "The Iraq of 2024 is no longer the Iraq of 2014. Today, the security situation in the country is stable and our security forces are deployed throughout the regions. I personally went to the Houran Valley, where no one was able to enter before.”
He added that during the talks with the international coalition, a two-year period was set for the end of the presence of coalition forces in Iraq in September 2026 and the transformation of relations between the two sides from military cooperation to bilateral security cooperation.
Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement in September 2024 to end the US military presence in Iraq and gradually reduce its forces.
According to the agreement, the presence of coalition forces in major bases such as Ain al-Assad in western Iraq and Victoria in Baghdad was to end by September 2025.
The presence of US forces in Iraq began after the 2003 invasion. This presence was reduced for a while in 2011, but in 2014, with the claim of the emergence of the ISIS terrorist group, the US-led international coalition forces returned to Iraq.
In 2019, the Iraqi parliament voted in a formal resolution to expel foreign troops from the country.
The resolution was passed on January 1, 2019, just days after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, in an operation carried out by the United States in violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
The resolution called on the then Iraqi government to end the presence of all foreign military forces on the country’s territory and to cancel any agreements with the international coalition.
The resolution emphasized that in order to maintain national security and sovereignty, the government must strengthen the Iraqi security forces and rely on them to protect the country from foreign threats. Although the resolution was passed by an overwhelming majority of the Iraqi parliament, the United States did not act on it.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, who was interviewed by Rudaw Network today (Saturday, November 7), stated that the Iraqi government has begun direct talks with the international coalition; a coalition that was formed in 2014 to confront the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and operated under the leadership of the United States.
Al-Sudani, referring to the difference between the current conditions in Iraq and the era of the emergence of ISIS, said: "The Iraq of 2024 is no longer the Iraq of 2014. Today, the security situation in the country is stable and our security forces are deployed throughout the regions. I personally went to the Houran Valley, where no one was able to enter before.”
He added that during the talks with the international coalition, a two-year period was set for the end of the presence of coalition forces in Iraq in September 2026 and the transformation of relations between the two sides from military cooperation to bilateral security cooperation.
Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement in September 2024 to end the US military presence in Iraq and gradually reduce its forces.
According to the agreement, the presence of coalition forces in major bases such as Ain al-Assad in western Iraq and Victoria in Baghdad was to end by September 2025.
The presence of US forces in Iraq began after the 2003 invasion. This presence was reduced for a while in 2011, but in 2014, with the claim of the emergence of the ISIS terrorist group, the US-led international coalition forces returned to Iraq.
In 2019, the Iraqi parliament voted in a formal resolution to expel foreign troops from the country.
The resolution was passed on January 1, 2019, just days after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, in an operation carried out by the United States in violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
The resolution called on the then Iraqi government to end the presence of all foreign military forces on the country’s territory and to cancel any agreements with the international coalition.
The resolution emphasized that in order to maintain national security and sovereignty, the government must strengthen the Iraqi security forces and rely on them to protect the country from foreign threats. Although the resolution was passed by an overwhelming majority of the Iraqi parliament, the United States did not act on it.
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