US Department of Defense formally concludes combat mission in Iraq
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The US Department of Defense has officially ended its combat mission in Iraq, marking a formal shift in the status of American forces in the region. This development reduces the direct US military footprint in a key theater for Iranian-backed militias and impacts the strategic balance of power in the Iran-Israel conflict zone.
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Formally concluded its combat mission in Iraq.
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"Both events involve the US-Iran-Iraq dynamic. The new event marks the end of the US combat mission, while the recent event shows Iranian state media calling for Iraqi resistance to US pressure, indicating a parallel diplomatic and strategic maneuvering in the same theater."
"The new event represents a shift in US military posture in Iraq, while the recent event involves the US granting a sanctions waiver for Iranian flights to Iraq. Both reflect concurrent diplomatic and strategic adjustments in US-Iran-Iraq relations."