After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future

Direct Source Verification: This story is aggregated from The New York Times (nytimes.com). Full reporting rights and copyright belong to the primary publisher.
Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.

For complete coverage, context, and related multimedia, visit the original reporting by The New York Times via the source link below.

Original Source
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/world/middleeast/iraq-us-forces.html
Visit The New York Times β†—
SHARE STORY:
𝕏 f in

Related Coverage in Business