Exclusive | The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq… between liberation and ambitions for influence

Al Manar: “I had a choice to stay or leave, and I felt without a doubt that the time had come for America to return home.” With these words, U.S. President Donald Trump, on 30 September 2026, presented the withdrawal from Iraq as a decision he had chosen to bring the troops back to their country. But the phrase “return home”…
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