March 2020. On the heels of another rocket attack targeting a military base housing American forces in Iraq, the US-led coalition assembled to fight the Islamic State is withdrawing troops from some of its smaller bases in the country. “As a result of the success of Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against ISIS, the Coalition is re-positioning troops from a few smaller bases,” said coalition spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins III in a statement provided to Al-Monitor. “These bases remain under Iraqi control and we will continue our advising partnership for the permanent defeat of Daesh from other Iraqi military bases.”