U.S. military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq complete

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Iran, which says its ultimate aim is to force American forces to leave the entire West Asia, casts the U.S.withdrawal from Iraq as a victory for its “axis of resistance” of allied armed groups across the region…

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  • Reported by The Hindu and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:11:23 UTC.

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For the Iran-backed Shia armed organisations, which opposed the U.S. occupation of Iraq and frequently clashed with U.S.forces, the September 30 withdrawal of American troops, at a time when Washington wages war on Iran, is a ‘historic victory’…

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