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  "id": 10915847,
  "title": "US ends troop mission in Iraq, Baghdad to celebrate Sovereignty Day on October 1",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-ends-troop-mission-in-iraq-baghdad-to-celebrate-sovereignty-day-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T09:46:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3369343/us-ends-troop-mission-iraq-baghdad-celebrate-sovereignty-day-october-1"
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  "summary": "A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists concluded its mission on Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country’s leaders, but which some fear will embolden pro-Iran armed factions. Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight Islamic State, which had seized large swathes of territory, committing massacres and forcing thousands of women and…",
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        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Iraq announces end of international coalition mission, vows ongoing security cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/iraq-announces-end-of-international-coalition-mission-vows-ongoing",
        "published": "2026-09-30T07:16:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US formally concludes mission in Iraq",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-formally-concludes-mission-in-iraq",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:10:10.000Z"
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