Susannah George And Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2017 file photo, U.S. Army soldiers stands next to a guided-missile launcher, a few miles from the frontline, in the village of Abu Ghaddur, east of Tal Afar, Iraq. American troops have started to draw down from Iraq following Baghdad’s declaration of victory over the Islamic State group last year, according to western contractors at a U.S.-led coalition base in Iraq. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko, File)

U.S. Begins Military Drawdown in Iraq

by Susannah George And Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated PressFebruary 6, 2018

Al-Asad Airbase, Iraq — The U.S. has started to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq following Baghdad’s declaration of victory over the Islamic State group last year, an Iraqi government spokesman and Western contractors said on Monday.The move…