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U.S. Completes Troop Withdrawal from Iraq After Two Decades
The pullout ends a 12-year anti-ISIS mission and shifts U.S.-Iraq ties to training and intelligence support, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the United States completed its military withdrawal from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State as Coalition forces finalized their departure from Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region.
- Washington and Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down the mission, with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali describing the withdrawal as marking a new phase defined by Iraq's sovereignty and Iraqi-led security responsibility.
- While Iran-backed groups celebrated the expulsion of "occupation forces," officials in the Kurdistan Region expressed anxiety about the removal of United States air defense systems after the region faced more than 1,000 drone and ballistic-missile attacks.
- Abu Mujahid, a security official with the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, warned the government not to pursue "American plans," threatening that "any government that does not work for the benefit of the people will be overthrown by all means."
- Prime Minister Ali recently pushed the deadline for militia disarmament to June 2027, while the United States will maintain targeted training and intelligence support to prevent the Islamic State from reestablishing a presence in Iraq.
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US forces have finally quit Iraq. What happens now?
The American exit leaves a battered but increasingly influential Iran at the centre of the region’s future.
·North Sydney, Australia
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NEWS HEADLINES: ‘We are going home!’: U.S. forces complete withdrawal from Iraq, ending decade-long counter-ISIS mission – One America News Network
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the Qarachogh Mountain in the Makhmur district, about 60 kilometres south of Erbil, capital of Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Addie Davis11:48 AM – Wednesday, September 30, 2026 United States officials announced a major milestone with the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, marking the conclusion of Operatio…
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