# US withdraws from Iraq after failing counterterrorism mission, expert says

https://mins.news/en/item/81559

- TASS, 2026-10-01 09:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2195475

> RT.Doc war correspondent Alexander Kharchenko says the United States is leaving Iraq without completing its main counterterrorism mission, abandoning a fragmented country that needs international assistance. He says Kurdish autonomy claims are growing, Shiites and Sunnis remain in an undeclared standoff, and Islamic State militants have shifted to underground operations and small terrorist attacks.

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