Report: Dismissal of Special Envoy Sawaya Showcase of Trump’s Failure Story in Iraq

While the US in recent years has utilized all of its economic, security and political instruments to get a foothold in Iraq and advance unfinished plans in this country, as the time goes by, Washington sees its power to sway Iraqi political dynamics eroding. Two weeks after the American forces evacuated Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq's Anbar province, Washington has made a diplomatic retreat, too.