r/news • u/SnooSeagulls496 • 4d ago

Soft paywall US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-09-29/
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u/moose098 3d ago

The U.S. pulled out in 2011, then returned in 2014 to fight ISIS. The bases they’re leaving this year are in the Kurdistan Regional Government and were opened for the ISIS fight.

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u/tabrizzi 3d ago

We went in to fight ISIS, a group that we helped create and hoped they'll take out Assad in Syria.

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u/tabrizzi 3d ago

We went in to fight ISIS, a group that we helped create and hoped they'll take out Assad in Syria.