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Iraqi security officers flash victory signs while riding in vehicles decorated with national flags during a convoy celebrating the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
September 30, 2026, 4:49 pm
Iraqis celebrate final US troop withdrawal as government takes charge of security
Military parades mark departure while PM says fight against terrorism continues; Washington pledges targeted training and intelligence support will continue as concerns rise over militias and Islamic State
By Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Hameed
A US Air Force C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft prepares for takeoff from Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport on September 29, 2026. (Ammar Karim/AFP)
September 30, 2026, 10:58 am
US leaves Iraq 23 years after fall of Saddam Hussein, stoking fear of vacuum emboldening ISIS, militias
Withdrawal fulfills 2024 agreement reached under Biden; Tehran hails departure as victory, Iraqi security officials warn ISIS could regroup without a Western military presence
By Ahmed Rasheed and Muayad Hameed
An Iraqi man selling photographs sits at his stall on Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad’s Al-Maidan central district on September 28, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
September 29, 2026, 11:18 am
US forces to exit Iraq after decades, leaving gap for Iran and fear of ISIS attacks
As Shiite groups celebrate withdrawal of American troops, Sunni tribal leader in Fallujah warns Iraq ‘not fully ready’ to secure itself, and ‘creating a vacuum is what all Iraqis fear’
By Ahmed Rasheed
Israeli national Ben Hassin, who was jailed for killing a taxi driver in an unnamed Arab country, where he went to fight Islamic State. (Courtesy)
September 16, 2026, 9:46 pm
Israeli-Kurdish Jew freed from Iraqi prison after 11 years for killing cab driver
Ben Hassin, also a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to death after killing driver who threatened to hand him to ISIS in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2015; he’s expected to get to Israel in coming days
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
September 15, 2026, 1:34 pm
Iraq’s future murky as pro-Iran militias likely to retain arms after US pullout
Baghdad initially tied US withdrawal, scheduled for Sept. 30, to disarmament, but Tehran-backed groups are refusing to give up weapons until talks are held, after forces leave
By AP
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to US embassy staff at Deerfield Residence in Dublin, September 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
September 12, 2026, 5:50 pm
Trump: Iran likely behind attack on Saudi pipeline, Houthis told us they don’t want to fight
US leader says Yemeni terror group has only ‘one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get ⁠that straightened ​out’ — a reference to the Saudis
By Agencies
This handout satellite image taken by Planet Labs PBC on September 11, 2026, shows an infrastructure site after it was damaged by fire southeast of Medina, along the general route of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline. (Handout/Planet Labs/AFP)
September 12, 2026, 3:06 am
Saudi Arabia shutters major oil pipeline struck by drones from Iraq
Kingdom says it will hold off on response to give Baghdad ‘an opportunity to take the necessary measures’; Iraq closes border crossing with Iran amid hunt for perpetrators
By Agencies
Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
August 24, 2026, 3:21 pm
Iraq delays deadline for Iran-backed Shiite militias to hand over weapons
Senior official says original Sept. 30 disarmament deadline was actually date for departure of US forces, does not provide updated timeline for arms handover
By AFP
Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, gives a press conference in the autonomous region’s capital Erbil on June 25, 2025. (Safin HAMID/AFP)
August 18, 2026, 10:40 am
Iraq probing drone strike on Kurdistan PM’s office, as Iran warns of ‘false-flag ploys’
Tehran, which kept bombing Iraqi Kurdish opposition groups during ceasefire, hints ‘reckless attack’ on office of autonomous region’s leader Masrour Barzani is bid ‘to sow discord’
By Christy-Belle Geha
US and Iraqi troops pass a poster of Muqtada al-Sadr, evidence of continued support for the anti-American cleric and his Mahdi Army militia, in Basra, Iraq, on June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Kim Gamel)
August 12, 2026, 10:12 pm
Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by September 30
Washington, Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down US-led operations against the Islamic State; Iraq also calls on Iran-backed militias to disarm, though they’re unlikely to do so
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and ABBY SEWELL
US President Donald Trump speaks at the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, at the Washington National Cathedral, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP/ Alex Brandon, Pool)
July 29, 2026, 8:22 pm
Trump says US will ‘beat the f*cking sh*t’ out of Iran after attack on bases in Jordan
IDF denies Zamir apologized to US after defense minister said American warplanes took off from Israel for strikes in Iran; pro-Iran militia pledges ‘inevitable’ response to US strikes
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces stand near a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the shrine of Imam Hussein on the eve of his funeral ceremonies in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on July 7, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
July 29, 2026, 11:56 am
US and Saudis hit back at Iraqi pro-Iran militias, as Iran renews attacks on US forces in Jordan
Shiite armed groups embedded in Iraqi military, blamed for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, report 20 members killed; Tehran nixes Omani proposal to jointly run Hormuz, official says
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, left, shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 22, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
July 24, 2026, 11:05 am
Iran said to threaten Israel, reject US ceasefire proposal passed along by Iraqi PM
US attacks Iranian military targets in 13th night of strikes; Iran retaliates in Bahrain, says also attacked in Jordan; Iranian officials say escalation would mean hitting Tel Aviv
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The coffin of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is carried by mourners to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Anmar Khalil)
July 8, 2026, 9:50 pm
Masses gather in Iraq’s holy Shiite cities as Khamenei funeral frenzy crosses border
Slain leader’s body brought to Najaf and Karbala, where vast crowds of Iraqis pay tribute to man ‘who cannot even be described’; Iran shows new footage from strike that killed him
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Travelers are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 23, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
July 8, 2026, 7:31 pm
EU regulator eases restrictions on flights to Israel, urges avoiding Iran, Iraq, Lebanon airspaces
Advisory comes amid flare-up in violence between US and Iran; advisory urging caution in airspace of Israel withdrawn; Arkia to resume Morocco route after 3 years
By JTA and Sharon Wrobel
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