Washington, Dhu-AlQa'dah 24, 1432, Oct 22, 2011, SPA - US President Barack Obama said Friday that all US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year 2011. "Today I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year," Obama said. "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over." "Over the next two months our troops in Iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home," he said. Obama made the announcement in the White House briefing room after a video conference call with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. He said the leaders were in full agreement and that Washington and Baghdad will move forward dealing with each other in a normal relationship as sovereign nations, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA". --SPA 11:57 LOCAL TIME 08:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/936319