NATO has temporarily withdrawn its mission from Iraq and pulled out its personnel amid continued attacks on US-linked diplomatic and military facilities, AFP reported on 20 March. Security officials told AFP that the majority of NATO personnel left the Union III base in central Baghdad on Friday. “I would like to thank the Republic of Iraq and all the Allies who assisted in the safe relocation of ⁠NATO personnel from Iraq,” US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), said in a statement. The Union III base is...