The US-led Coalition on Saturday officially handed the Besmaya military base near Baghdad to Iraqi Security Forces, the latest of several military bases to be transferred to Iraqi control. “Iraqi forces trained here were critical in the liberation of Mosul three years ago. Besmaya serves as a shining example of ...
The US-led coalition in Iraq is due Saturday to hand over to Iraq some $5 million in facilities and equipment and a base south of Baghdad, where some 50,000 Iraqis have been reportedly trained. The formal handover of the Besmaya Range Complex follows the coalition’s relinquishment this spring of several ...
