U.S.-led international coalition handed over a military base to Iraqi forces
Xinhua News Agency, Baghdad, July 25 (Reporter Bai Ping) The United States-led international coalition against extremist organization "Islamic State" held a ceremony on the 25th to hand over the Basmaya military base south of the capital Baghdad to Iraqi security forces.
The League of Nations issued a statement on the 25th that the handover ceremony was held at the Basmaya military base on the same day. In view of the continuous progress made by Iraqi security forces against the "Islamic State", the League of Nations will continue to evacuate personnel and equipment from Iraqi military bases this year.
According to a report by the Iraqi News Agency on the 25th, this is the seventh military base handed over to Iraq by the League of Nations.
On January 3 this year, the United States launched an air strike in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing the commander of the "Quds Brigade" of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qassim Soleimani and the deputy commander of the "People's Mobilization Organization" of the Iraqi Shiite militia. Official Abu Mehdi Muhandis and others. Subsequently, the Iraqi National Assembly passed a resolution calling for an end to the presence of foreign troops in Iraq.