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‘We are vulnerable’: Kurds fear renewed attacks as US‑led coalition departs Iraq
‘We are vulnerable’: Kurds fear renewed attacks as US‑led coalition departs Iraq Submitted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg on Thu, 10/01/2026 - 11:02 As Washington ends its decade‑long mission in Iraq, Kurds warn autonomous region is at risk amid US-Iran tensions Kurdish Peshmerga fighters about 60km south of Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on 30 September 2026 (Safin Hamid/AFP) Off On 28 September, residents of Erbil heard military aircraft overhead as the US‑led
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