US troops stand to attention in front of American and Iraqi (R) flags during a handover ceremony near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija where the US military formally transferred Contingency Operating Location McHenry to Iraqi security forces on May 15, 2011. COL McHenry, just outside of Hawija and north of Baghdad in the disputed ethnically-mixed province of Kirkuk, was one of a handful of bases the US military maintained in Kirkuk and is considered the oldest American base in Iraq, having been established shortly after the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI (Photo by ALI AL-SAADI / AFP)
قالت الولايات المتحدة، اليوم السبت، بإن داعش لا يستطيع السيطرة على بقعة من أرض العراق.
وأشار مسؤول أميركي، إلى أن “الوجود الأميركي في العراق قائم لأن خطر داعش لم يختف”.
وأضاف، أن “داعش لا يستطيع السيطرة على بقعة من الأرض في العراق”.
