A member of the Iraqi security forces gestures as they drive in a convoy through the city as they celebrate the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, ending a military presence that began after the 2003 US-led invasion, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Members of the Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) drive in a convoy through the city as they celebrate the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, ending a military presence that began after the 2003 US-led invasion, in Najaf, Iraq, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Members of the Iraqi security forces drive in a convoy through the city as they celebrate the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, ending a military presence that began after the 2003 US-led invasion, in Najaf, Iraq, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
A stage with a banner for Sovereignty Day in Baghdad, Iraq, September 30, 2026. Sovereignty Day marks the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, thereby ending more than two decades of military presence there. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
FILE PHOTO: A member of Iraqi Federal Police waves an Iraqi flag as they celebrate victory of military operations against the Islamic State militants in West Mosul, Iraq July 2, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Two U.S. military policemen arrest an Iraqi man in Al Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq June 9, 2003 after two Iraqi men were caught carrying an AK-47 gun in their vehicle. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet military personnel at the dining facility during an unannounced visit to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
A combination picture shows a U.S. soldier watching as a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein falls at Firdos Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2003, and the square on September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic REUTERS/Ahmed Saad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY