United States Completes Withdrawal From Iraq's Federal Territory After Decades

United States advisers from the US-led coalition have completed their withdrawal from all military bases and leadership headquarters in Iraq's federal territory, according to recent reporting.

“Iraq says US forces have fully exited federal bases, ending a decades-long presence while troops remain in the Kurdistan Region”

Arise News

The vacated sites are now under the full control of Iraqi security forces, and the relationship with the United States is set to shift toward bilateral security arrangements.

Arise News

The reporting specifies that the withdrawal does not include the autonomous Kurdistan region.

It places the move in the context of a 2024 Baghdad–Washington agreement that set an end date for the coalition mission in federal Iraq by the end of 2025, with Kurdistan to follow by September 2026.

The News of Bahrain account also notes that coalition forces had been in Iraq since 2014 to fight the Islamic State.

Reporting attributes the withdrawal to a formal Baghdad–Washington agreement reached in 2024 that set a timetable for ending the coalition mission, with News of Bahrain saying the mission will end in federal Iraq by the end of 2025 and in the Kurdistan region by September 2026.

The same source places the coalition's presence in historical context, noting that forces had been operating since 2014 to counter the Islamic State and explaining the multi-year footprint the advisers are now leaving behind.

chinadailyasia

According to the News of Bahrain snippet, vacated bases and leadership headquarters in federal Iraq are now in the hands of Iraqi security forces.

“As informed byCNN The Iraqi government said on Sunday that U”

mezha.net

Future security cooperation with the United States will proceed bilaterally rather than under the previous coalition framework, and the account frames this as a transition in status and command rather than an abrupt end to all US–Iraq security interaction.

The available source set yields clear reporting on the event from News of Bahrain.

However, the other two snippets contain no usable article text, leaving notable gaps in perspective and detail.

Arise News

This limitation matters because, without additional reporting from other outlets, readers cannot assess alternate emphases such as Iraqi government or public reactions, U.S. official statements, or regional diplomatic context.

The absence of those elements reduces the ability to understand the event's broader implications and compare viewpoints.

The limited set of available texts leaves key uncertainties because the material does not include Iraqi official statements, US government commentary, or reporting from independent Western outlets that could confirm timing, sequencing, or strategic implications.

“Iraq says US forces have fully exited federal bases, ending a decades-long presence while troops remain in the Kurdistan Region”

Arise News

A News of Bahrain snippet makes the central factual claims about completion of adviser withdrawal and its timeline, but the absence of fuller texts on mezha.net and Arise News means those claims cannot be cross-checked within this dataset.

chinadailyasia

Readers should treat the News of Bahrain account as the sole substantive source in the supplied selection and seek additional reporting for fuller verification.