Operation Inherent Resolve will be mothballed, the U.S. military expects to continue its presence in Iraq, officials say.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi security forces arrested nine suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) across four provinces, the army said on Friday, amid a countrywide spike in anti-ISIS operations and as Baghdad and Washington agree to remove US-led coalition troops.

American leaders should reject any form of mission creep in the Middle East – including state building and countering Iranian influence in Iraq.

The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they have long occupied during a two-decade-long military presence in the country.