Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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Archive edition1 verified brief · Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Archive edition · Compiled Friday, October 2, 2026 from reporting published in this day’s news window.

The Tigris River and Baghdad skyline at dusk in December 2021. — Baghdad on the Tigris, December 29, 2021. File photograph for location context; not a photograph of the reported event. Mohammed Sardar (Kushared) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lead Story · Iraq & Homeland

Update: Coalition mission in Iraq ends; counter-ISIS operations continue from Jordan

CENTCOM says U.S. forces and equipment left Erbil Air Base on September 30, ending the Operation Inherent Resolve mission in Iraq. The task force remains active, now based in Jordan, and counter-ISIS operations continue in Syria. The UK Ministry of Defence also confirms that coalition personnel have departed Iraq and bilateral security cooperation will continue.

Source: U.S. Central Command / DVIDS; UK Ministry of Defence · Published Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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