Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who presided over the handover ceremony, said the withdrawal was the beginning of a "new phase" for a sovereign Iraq.
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It's the second time the U.S. has withdrawn all military forces from Iraq.
U.S. military forces are set to depart from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement.
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Strait of Hormuz control has shifted as ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, Kuwait, Qatar, and Iraq use a shuttle system to move oil via the Oman Lane under United States military protection.