# US forces leaving Iraq: American troops scheduled to leave by September 30

https://mins.news/en/video/79254

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-29 19:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-71ME6o0lk

> The remaining US troops in Iraq are scheduled to leave by September 30. They returned in 2014 at Baghdad’s invitation to fight ISIL, three years after most US forces had withdrawn. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem looks back at the withdrawal.

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