# US incursion in Iraq caused decades of instability across region, Russian diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/83995

- TASS, 2026-10-02 19:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2196965

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the US invasion of Iraq, carried out under what she called an invented pretext, triggered decades of instability across the region. She said the 12-year presence of the so-called anti-ISIS coalition ended on September 12, with remaining US and allied bases transferred to Iraqi military control.

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