{
  "id": 11082508,
  "title": "Watch: Iraq says security forces ready as US-led coalition mission ends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/watch-iraq-says-security-forces-ready-as-us-led-coalition-mission-ends",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T02:05:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-iraq-says-security-forces-ready-us-led-coalition-mission-ends"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iraq's security forces are now in control as the US-led international coalition's mission ends. The country's Prime Minister, Ali Faleh al-Zaidi, said this marks a \"new phase\" of sovereignty.\n\nThe last British and American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade. According to The Chronicle Ghana, around 100 UK military personnel departed from Irbil in the northern Kurdistan region, coordinated with US forces who also left on the same day.\n\nThe mission, known as Operation Inherent Resolve, was aimed at defeating the extremist Islamic State (IS) group. The UK Ministry of Defence stated that Iraqi Security Forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga have secured the defeat of IS in Iraq and are now responsible for the country's security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}