Iraq, US in Talks to End Coalition Mission Targeting Islamic State

U.S. Major General Joel Vowell leaves after meeting with the Iraqi prime minister and top-ranking officials of the Iraqi armed forces and of the U.S.-led coalition during the first round of talks on the future of U.S. and other foreign troops in Iraq, in Baghdad, Jan. 27, 2024.

The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq.