Europeans shift troops from Iraq, warn fight against Islamic State is imperiled because of U.S. actions

BRUSSELS — U.S. allies said Tuesday that they were reducing and repositioning troops inside Iraq amid fears that Iran will retaliate for the killing of Qasem Soleimani, one of its most senior military officials, in a U.S. airstrike.

Some European diplomats expressed fears that the shifting of troops would diminish their ability to fight the Islamic State.

Militants “would be the only winners” of a full-blown war as a result of U.S.-Iran tensions, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Tuesday, singling out the Islamic State as having the most to gain. Continue reading.