US and NATO withdrawing from bases is an claim from Iranian proxy forces in Iraq.
NATO is claiming their are withdrawing their NATO Mission Iraq personnel which are an advisory non-combat task force that work with the Iraqi government. This is probably because NATO doesn’t want to get dragged into a war with Iran by having hundreds of their staff killed by a drone or otherwise.
No one is “handing” over bases. If the US was straight up abandoning bases, we would be seeing videos of foreign soldiers playing on US airbase exercise machines like when we withdrew from Afghanistan.
I’m not claiming the Palestine Chronicle is untrustworthy. Basically this is the same general points as the last article but without the Iraqi militia quote.
From the Reuters article:
NATO said its mission would continue from a military headquarters in Naples, Italy. The mission does not have a combat role. It focuses on advising Iraqi security forces and helping them build up their capacities, according to NATO.
This is what I am talking about.
US and NATO withdrawing from bases is an claim from Iranian proxy forces in Iraq.
NATO is claiming their are withdrawing their NATO Mission Iraq personnel which are an advisory non-combat task force that work with the Iraqi government. This is probably because NATO doesn’t want to get dragged into a war with Iran by having hundreds of their staff killed by a drone or otherwise.
No one is “handing” over bases. If the US was straight up abandoning bases, we would be seeing videos of foreign soldiers playing on US airbase exercise machines like when we withdrew from Afghanistan.
Death count certainly isn’t 13.
Not sure if Reuters is part of an Iraqi militia https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nato-withdraws-troops-iraq-mission-europe-iran-war-rages-2026-03-20/
I’m not claiming the Palestine Chronicle is untrustworthy. Basically this is the same general points as the last article but without the Iraqi militia quote.
From the Reuters article: