Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain.

Iraqi officials say U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq. The withdrawal is part of a 2024 agreement between Washington and Baghdad to wind down a U.S.

American forces left the base in western Iraq on Saturday, after using the installation for years as part of anti-ISIS operations.

As fighting in north-eastern Syria between government forces and Kurdish fighters was easing, concerns were growing on Wednesday about an escalation in neighbouring Iraq. Troops of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government have captured territory held by the the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Tehran is “pleased” with the evacuation of American forces from the Ain al-Asad Air base in western Iraq.

The withdrawal of US forces from Ain al-Asad Airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar was completed on Friday.

U.S.-backed SDF forces and the Syrian government have traded blame over the escape Monday of ISIS members from the Shaddedeh prison on the border with Iraq.