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The long presence created a contest over who guarantees security and who shapes Iraq's alignment between Washington and Tehran. 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He said October 1 marks a serious beginning to address weapons outside state control under a roadmap not extending beyond June 30, 2027, including disarming all non-Iraqi armed groups, purchasing a complete air-defense system, and enacting a Popular Mobilization Forces law placing the PMF under the Commander-in-Chief.","from":"/geopolitics/2026-10-03","headline":"Baghdad declares full sovereignty and sets June 2027 deadline for weapons outside state control","sources":["https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2026/10/01/iraq-declares-full-sovereignty-as-international-coalition-withdraws","https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/943178/how-iraq-plans-to-control-arms-after-coalition-withdrawal"],"verification":"researched","where":"Baghdad, Iraq"},{"date":"2026-09-30","detail":"US and coalition forces completed orderly departure of troops and equipment from Erbil Air Base on September 30, 2026, ending Operation Inherent Resolve's mission in Iraq. The departure ends a 23-year US presence since 2003 and a 12-year anti-ISIS mission since 2014. CJTF-OIR remains operational headquartered in Jordan with hundreds of US troops continuing counter-ISIS operations in Syria.","from":"/geopolitics/2026-10-02","headline":"US completes withdrawal from Erbil, ending 23-year presence and 12-year anti-ISIS mission","sources":["https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/pentagon-says-us-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-is-complete","https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/how-does-iraqs-security-change-after-us-forces-withdraw","https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/pentagon-announces-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-complete/amp","https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-iraq-withdrawal-isis-operation-inherent-resolve-over","https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/middleeast/us-military-withdrawal-iraq-intl","https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-centcom-us-withdraws-forces-from-iraq-marking-an-end-to-operation-inherent-resolve","https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4614195/statement-by-chief-pentagon-spokesman-sean-parnell-on-the-conclusion-of-the-us","https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-iraq-withdrawal-isis-operation-inherent-resolve-over/"],"verification":"researched","where":"Erbil Air Base"},{"date":"2026-09-30","detail":"Patriot and C-RAM air defense systems deployed at Erbil were withdrawn with personnel, removing a key interception layer for Iranian missiles and drones. KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani warned leaving the Kurdistan Region without air defenses is a cause for concern, citing more than 1,000 drone and ballistic missile attacks since the US-Israeli war on Iran began Feb. 28, 2026.","from":"/geopolitics/2026-10-01","headline":"US air defenses leave with troops, raising Kurdistan vulnerability","sources":["https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/how-does-iraqs-security-change-after-us-forces-withdraw","https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/09/08/us-air-defence-exit-from-iraq-risks-creating-wider-regional-security-gap","https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2026/09/27/why-iraqi-kurdistan-fears-looming-loss-of-us-air-defense-umbrella"],"verification":"researched","where":"Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq"},{"date":"2026-09-30","detail":"Iraq declared Sovereignty Days as a national holiday September 30 to October 3, 2026, and held military parades and convoys in Baghdad and Najaf celebrating the withdrawal. US air defenses left with troops, leaving Kurdistan without a replacement system; the Peshmerga Ministry said the region faced more than 1,000 drone and ballistic-missile attacks during the US-Iran war since February 2026 and called the departure without a defense system a cause for concern. Only a handful of less-influential militias agreed to disarm by the original September 30 deadline while powerful Iran-close groups rejected or conditioned it, prompting the extension to June 2027.","from":"/geopolitics/2026-10-03","headline":"Sovereignty celebrations held as air-defense gap and stalled militia disarmament persist","sources":["https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-iraq-withdrawal-isis-operation-inherent-resolve-over/","https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2026/10/01/iraq-declares-full-sovereignty-as-international-coalition-withdraws","https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/how-does-iraqs-security-change-after-us-forces-withdraw","https://www.dw.com/en/iraq-us-troops-withdraw-from-their-iraqi-us-led-operation-inherent-resolve-mission-against-isis-after-12-years/a-79462926","https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609217867","https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/middleeast/us-military-withdrawal-iraq-intl","https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/pentagon-announces-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-complete/amp","https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/01/WS6abe38cde4b06d4aa0561262.html"],"verification":"researched","where":"Baghdad and Najaf, Iraq; Erbil, Kurdistan Region"},{"date":"2026-09-30","detail":"Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi declared Oct. 1 a new day with Iraq free of foreign military presence and announced Sovereignty Days as a national holiday Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2026. 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