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Tuesday, 14 July 2026Geopolitics

US to withdraw from Iraq by end of September 2026

Iraqi Prime Minister al-Saidi announced that US troops will leave Iraq by September 30. He sees his Washington visit as the start of a new phase of relations shaped by economics rather than the military.

The sources agree on the core: US forces are to leave Iraq by September 30, 2026, announced after Prime Minister al-Saidi's inaugural visit to Trump in Washington. The pro-market German Handelsblatt foregrounds the troop presence and the bilateral visit in factual terms. The Serbian sources Politika (state-affiliated) and B92 (independent) highlight al-Saidi's interpretation that the visit marks the beginning of a new phase based on economic cooperation rather than military ties; B92 even speaks of a major turning point. The Serbian coverage thus emphasizes more strongly the symbolic detachment from the US military presence, while Handelsblatt stays more sober. A US government view or critical framing, such as on security risks after the withdrawal, is absent from the raw reports.

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