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WASHINGTON \u2014 All remaining US military forces will be out of Iraq by the end of September, the nation\u2019s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi said during a Tuesday visit to the White House.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the 30th of September, the US forces will be out of Iraq, while these companies will be inside Iraq,\u201d al-Zaidi said through a translator when speaking to reporters alongside President Trump in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

About 2,000 US troops currently are stationed in Iraq, mostly at the Harir Air Base in Erbil in the northern Kurdistan region.<\/p>\n

Washington and Baghdad agreed in September 2024 to a phased withdrawal of US forces who had remained to support counter-Islamic State (ISIS) operations at the request of the Kurdish regional government.<\/p>\n

Trump withdrew US troops in April from Syria, where they also helped crush the jihadist caliphate, which once claimed vast territories in the two countries.<\/p>\n

A similar US troop withdrawal from Iraq occurred in 2011 under then-President Barack Obama \u2014 whose administration then funded an anti-government insurgency in Syria, setting the stage for the rise of ISIS and other radical groups.<\/p>\n

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The current withdrawal reflects a shift in US focus after Trump forged a partnership with Syria\u2019s ex-al Qaeda president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whom he has credited with imposing stability over his nation.<\/p>\n

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The withdrawal comes amid the US-led war with Iran, which resumed last week as a less than month-old memorandum of understanding collapsed due to Tehran\u2019s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Trump showered al-Zaidi with praise during his visit, announcing the men would have an unplanned lunch and predicting the \u201chandsome\u201d new leader, 41, would serve as a long-term leader with significant influence in the region.<\/p>\n

The US has many other military bases in the Middle East, including the 10,000-man Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the similarly sized Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and the headquarters for the U.S. Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

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