Reuters news agency quoted sources as saying that the United States and Iraq are about to start talks aimed at ending the mission of the US-led military coalition in Iraq and how to replace it with bilateral relations, a step that was paused due to the war in the Gaza Strip.

The same sources said that the United States dropped preconditions that armed Iraqi factions supported by Iran stop attacks on it first.

Two sources said that the United States conveyed its readiness to start talks to the Iraqi government in a message delivered by the US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Wednesday.

The ministry stated that it received an important message and that the Prime Minister will study it carefully.

The United States deploys 2,500 troops in Iraq "to prevent the resurgence of the ISIS terrorist organization after it controlled vast areas of the country in 2014," according to military statements.