U.S. Exit Leaves Iraq With a Militia Problem

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict U.S. troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but this isn’t Biden’s Iraq. The withdrawal was agreed in 2024 when Biden determined that Iraqi forces could handle the remaining ISIS threat and that Washington could replace the coalition mission with bilateral training, intelligence sharing, and military assistance. Trump inherited that agreement and has now carried it out in a very different security environment, with the U.S. at war with Iran and Iran-aligned militias still operating across Iraq. The U.S.…