Iraq says September 30 withdrawal deadline for US-led coalition ‘final’

A US official confirmed that the United States expects to complete its pullout by September 30, AP reported.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has said that the September 30 deadline for ending the US-led international coalition’s military mission in Iraq and completing the withdrawal of its forces is “fixed and final”.The remarks on Wednesday came after al-Zaidi’s meeting with US Central Command Commander General Brad Cooper, the Iraqi prime minister’s office said in a post on X.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Twelve years after ISIL’s massacres, thousands of Yazidis seek justicelist 2 of 4Iraq’s Kurdish region wants to stay out of regional conflicts: PM Barzanilist 3 of 4‘There is no money’: Is Iraq entering a phase of lean years?list 4 of 4Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region suffers as US-Iran war drags onend of listThe withdrawal would mark the end of a presence that started with the 2003 US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. In 2024, Washington and Baghdad agreed to wind down the much smaller US-led operations against the ISIL (ISIS) armed group.“September 30 will be the fixed and final date for ending the military mission of...