United States and coalition forces are scheduled to withdraw from Ain al-Asad Airbase and Baghdad International Airport in early September, redeploying to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, according to a report from Tammuz Intelligence. The relocation plan involves a shift in operational presence from western and central Iraq to the northern region. No further details regarding the specific reasons for this redeployment or the exact timeline within early September were provided in the initial report.