00:00The United States says it will completely withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of September.
00:04The U.S. military announced that its mission to defeat IS has ended and that all U.S. troops
00:08will be withdrawn by September 30. The U.S. military had already been continuously withdrawing
00:13its troops. As of 2025, they had withdrawn from most bases in Iraq, leaving troops only in the
00:18northern Kurdish autonomous region. Right now, the U.S. military is in the process of withdrawing
00:22its troops, and it is expected to take about three weeks. After the U.S. forces leave,
00:26the Iraqi army and the Kurdish forces are expected to take the lead in eliminating the remaining IS
00:31elements. In addition, there were many armed groups within Iraq that were armed because of the presence
00:35of U.S. forces. The Iraqi government is now using the U.S. withdrawal as a reason to demand disarmament
00:40from these non-state armed groups as well.
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