The U.S. military has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State group. The last troops left an air base in ...
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The last remaining American troops and equipment on Wednesday pulled out of Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, the final U.S. military outpost there.
The withdrawal ends two decades of foreign intervention in Iraq as part of 'global war on terror' and anti-ISIL fight.
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'US withdrawal ... comes at a sensitive time, when instability threatens regional and Iraqi security.'
Announcement comes two years after withdrawal was agreed to and 12 years since US mission to fight IS began ...
Baghdad touted the end of the U.S. mission as a sign of the country's increasing strength and sovereignty.
The withdrawal, agreed on two years ago, comes against the backdrop of the U.S. war with Iran that has also sometimes spilled over into Iraq.
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Iraq marks US troop withdrawal with 'Sovereignty Days', symbolising a shift after decades of foreign military presence.