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The US-led force has been operating in Iraq for 12 years to dismantle IS terrorist group networks which had threatened to take over the region and plunge it into instability.
After more than a decade, the US-led coalition yesterday ended its mission in Iraq, having helped save the country from the Islamic State (IS) while causing persistent friction. Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the IS, which had seized large swathes of both countries, and
The last troops are due to leave Iraq on Wednesday under a 2024 drawdown agreement. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has declared October 1 Sovereignty Day.