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CONFLICTELEVATED1h ago · Sep 15, 2026, 2:58 PM

Militias in Iraq remain defiant as the last US troops pack up to leave

The Independent World · middle east

After withdrawing in 2011, U.S. troops returned three years later at Baghdad’s invitation to lead a smaller coalition against Islamic State militants who had seized wide areas of the country

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