Opportunities, challenges in US-Iraqi dialogue – opinion
Bahrooz Jaafar
6/19/2020 10:14:00 AM
The American-Iraqi relationship went through two stages. The first started in 2003 with the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and lasted until 2011, when American forces withdrew from Iraq. The second stage started in 2014, with direct supervision of and assistance to the coalition forces in the war against the Islamic State (ISIS), and lasted until mid-2017.