US-led coalition ends 12-year anti-ISIS mission in Iraq amid regional tensions
- The US-led coalition in Iraq concluded its anti-ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria mission on September 30 after 12 years.
- Iraqi leaders and US officials acknowledged the mission's conclusion amid growing regional security tensions.
- The coalition was deployed in 2014 to combat the Islamic State, which seized vast territories.
- Although ISIS was defeated militarily, coalition forces stayed to ensure remnants could not regroup.
Source: euronews.com
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