The US-led coalition is drawing down or "adjusting" its military presence in Iraq. With ISIS on the ropes, the remaining forces will refocus on “policing, border control, and military capacity building.” A senior official close to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been reported to say that
60 percent of the US troops will be withdrawn. About 4,000 US personnel
will remain as part of a training mission. There were 8,892 US troops
in Iraq as of late September. The American soldiers are being shipped to
Afghanistan, where roughly 14,000 troops are already stationed.
