Prime Minister of Iraq
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Prime Minister of Iraq - In office since October 2022
Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State in December 2017 after recapturing Mosul and eliminating the group's territorial caliphate. Eight years later, Iraqi F-16s are still hunting militants in desert hideouts—a reminder that defeating an insurgency's territory is not the same as defeating its fighters.
Updated Feb 12
Prime Minister of Iraq - In office since October 2022; coalition won 2025 parliamentary elections
The United States returned to Iraq in 2014 after ISIS captured Mosul and threatened Baghdad. Twelve years later, American forces completed their withdrawal from federal Iraqi territory on January 17, 2026, with the Iraqi Army assuming full control of Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar province. The facility once housed up to 5,000 coalition troops and survived Iranian missile strikes in 2020. Roughly 2,000 US troops remain in Iraq's Kurdistan region and Syria to continue counter-ISIS operations through at least September 2026.
Updated Jan 19
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