U.S. withdraws from another base in Iraq
U.S. troops have withdrawn from the Khabaniye base in Anbar province of western Iraq.
U.S. and international coalition troops turned over the Khabaniyah base to the Iraqi military, Iraqi officials said.
The occupying U.S. troops, drawn from the Khabaniyeh base, were stationed at the Ayn al-Assad base.
The number of bases that U.S. troops evacuated in Iraq has risen to 4. (ILKHA)
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