ALBAWABA- Iraq will retain a small contingent of 250 to 350 U.S. military advisers at Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province, even as most American forces consolidate in the Kurdish region, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on October 20, 2025. The move is designed to maintain oversight of potential ISIS threats from Syria amid a broader U.S. troop drawdown that began in September. Fewer than 2,000 U.S. personnel are ...