# Can Iraq handle future security challenges alone?

https://mins.news/en/video/79113

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-29 17:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJOZE15fvX8

> The last US troops have left Iraq, where the military was deployed in 2003 to depose Saddam Hussein and later confronted crises and violence that weakened the country. The Iraqi government now faces a new reality: whether it can manage future security challenges on its own.

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