Iraq and US Begin Formal Talks to End Coalition Mission Formed to Fight the Islamic State Group
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BEIRUT (AP) — 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. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that he had sponsored “the commencement of […]