Sentence examples for ends combat operations from inspiring English sources
The U.K. ends combat operations in Iraq.
Britain officially ends combat operations in southern Iraq, handing over control of its base in Basra to US forces.
AS the United States ends combat operations in Iraq today, it is leaving behind the thousands of Iraqis who worked on behalf of the American government — and who fear their lives and families are threatened by insurgents as a result.
Transferring the prison to Afghan control is a central issue in the on-again, off-again negotiations between Washington and Kabul over the shape of the relationship between the two countries after NATO ends combat operations in 2014.
Australia ended combat operations in Afghanistan at the end of 2013 but 250 troops remain under the Resolute Support mission, which started in January and winds up at the end of 2016.
There is no serious prospect of a change in the balance of forces before the end of 2014, when Nato forces are scheduled to end combat operations.
The United States did not officially end combat operations until the end of August this year, more than seven years later.
British forces officially ended combat operations in Iraq in April after a campaign in which 179 servicemen and women died.
A senior Bush administration official said that Mr. Maliki allowed the timeline for ending combat operations to slip to 2011.
The United States did not in fact end combat operations in Iraq until more than seven years later, at the end of August this year.
