World·Iraq
U.S. withdraws last troops from Iraq bases as Iran celebrates the pullout
U.S. and Iraqi officials announced Wednesday the withdrawal of the last American troops from bases in Iraq, completing a plan agreed in 2024 under President Joe Biden and carried out by the Trump administration while the United States remains at war with Iran next door, Reuters reported. Iran-backed factions in Iraq called the exit a “historic victory” and a “crushing defeat for the American project,” and Reuters noted that of 18 U.S. service members listed as killed since Operation Epic Fury began in February, seven died in Iraq. Tehran has urged Americans to punish President Donald Trump’s allies at the November midterms in a lengthy IRGC letter, Reuters and Fox News reported.
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