The U.S. military has troops still in Iraq to aid in the efforts to ensure ISIS doesn’t regrow. However, the two sides will begin planned discussions about the partnership’s future.

U.S. and Iraqi defense officials committed to forming a higher military commission last August, which is a consultative mechanism that is designed to “evaluate the future” of the U.S. military’s mission in Iraq, according to a Pentagon readout of the inaugural U.S.-Iraq Joint Security Cooperation Dialogue on Aug. 8, 2023.