# How the US controls Iraq's oil revenues

https://mins.news/en/item/79735

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 05:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-09-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abc9d2da32b780001a83450

> U.S. forces are due to leave their last bases in Iraq on Wednesday. Iran and its allies, which wield considerable influence in the country, are celebrating the withdrawal as a victory after more than two decades of war in which 4,500 Americans died.

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