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Last US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

Iraq

Last US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

US forces ended their mission in Iraq on Wednesday after more than two decades of war there, raising fears of a security vacuum that would embolden Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias and allow Islamic State to regroup.

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