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Tehran Times says the US left Iraq '23 years after' invading, Asharq Al-Awsat says a '12-year mission' ended, Shargh says operations go on from Jordan

The US military says its last troops have left Iraq. The reports disagree on what ended, when it began, and whether it is over at all.

US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion
US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion as published by Tehran Times · seen at Tehran Times
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What is agreed. The US military says it has withdrawn all its troops from Iraq. Asharq Al-Awsat, carrying AFP copy, says the last of them left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal Baghdad and Washington struck two years ago. UPI puts the final contingent at 2,500 personnel.

What ended, and when it began. Four reports, two clocks.

Outlet What ended Counted from
Tehran Times US forces in Iraq, "23 years after it invaded" 2003
UPI "more than two decades of military involvement" 2003
Asharq Al-Awsat "a 12-year mission to fight the ISIS group" 2014
Al Jazeera English "decades of foreign military presence" not dated

The two clocks measure different things. One counts the whole US presence. The other counts the coalition mission against ISIS. Neither contradicts the other.

Whether it is over. UPI says the US withdrew "the last of its forces and equipment". Shargh, relaying Mehr, which cites Al Jazeera, reports that CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said coalition operations continue from Jordan. It adds that logistics for Syria still run through an air base in Erbil. No other report we hold says either.

Whose day it is. Al Jazeera English leads with Iraq's own "Sovereignty Day" parades in Baghdad and Najaf. Asharq Al-Awsat leads with whether Baghdad can disarm "pro-Iran groups".

Not settled. We do not know whether US personnel remain in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Erbil claim comes from one relayed report. We hold no report from an Iraqi or Kurdish outlet.

This story is about the United States ending its military presence in Iraq, and what that leaves behind.

How it got here. In March 2003 a US-led force invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein. An insurgency and a sectarian civil war followed. US combat troops left at the end of 2011. In 2014 the ISIS group seized large parts of Iraq and Syria. Baghdad asked for help, and a US-led coalition deployed to both countries. Asharq Al-Awsat, carrying AFP, reports that ISIS was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019, and that coalition forces stayed on to fight its remnants.

In January 2020 a US strike in Baghdad killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Iraq's parliament then voted for foreign troops to leave. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Baghdad and Washington agreed in 2024 to wind down the mission.

Who is in it. - The United States kept troops in Iraq to fight ISIS and to counter Iran. - Iran backs armed groups inside Iraq. Many sit within the Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state-funded umbrella formed in 2014 to fight ISIS. - Iraq's government has long balanced both allies. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who took office this year, has pledged that pro-Iran groups will hand their weapons to the state. - The Kurdistan Region, governed from Erbil, is autonomous and has hosted US forces. - Jordan, a US ally bordering Iraq, is where Shargh reports the coalition's headquarters now sits.

What is at stake. Asharq Al-Awsat reports an ongoing US–Iran war that has spilled into Iraq: Iran-backed militias have fired on US troops, and the US has struck their strongholds. With no US troops on the ground, the balance between Baghdad, Washington and those groups shifts.

Where it stands. The US military says the withdrawal is complete. The reports we hold do not settle whether any US role remains in Erbil.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the withdrawal ends 23 years of US presence or a 12-year mission against ISIS
  • Whether coalition operations simply move to Jordan, with logistics still running through Erbil
  • Whether Baghdad can make pro-Iran armed groups hand over their weapons
  • Asharq Al-Awsat's coalition report says in its own voice that the coalition 'helped save the country', with no one credited
From invasion to exitTimeline
  1. 2003— no time published United States Invades Iraq, "sparking an insurgency and civil war", Tehran Times says
  2. 2014— no time published US-led coalition Deploys to Iraq and Syria to fight the ISIS group, Asharq Al-Awsat reports
  3. 2017— no time published Coalition and Iraqi forces Defeat ISIS in Iraq, Asharq Al-Awsat reports; in Syria in 2019
  4. 2024— no time published Baghdad and Washington Agree to wind down the coalition's mission, Asharq Al-Awsat reports
  5. 18 Jan 2026— no time published Iraq's Higher Military Committee Announces the coalition has left bases in federal Iraq, including Ain al-Asad, Shargh reports
  6. 30 Sep 202609:47 Asharq Al-Awsat publication time US military Says withdrawal of all troops is complete"ending a 12-year mission"
  7. 30 Sep 202611:59 Shargh publication time CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper Says coalition operations continue from Jordan, Shargh reports via MehrSyria logistics via Erbil
  8. 30 Sep 202612:17 Al Jazeera English publication time Iraqi security forces Parade in Baghdad and Najaf for 'Sovereignty Day'
  9. 30 Sep 202613:29 UPI publication time UPI Reports the last forces and equipment withdrawn 2,500 personnel
Earlier dates are as the reports give them. Times on 30 September are when each report was published, in GMT.
Sources Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Coalition Ends Mission in Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · The US Military Says Its Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq is Complete Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iraq celebrates National Sovereignty Day as US troops withdraw Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → UPI
Centre estimate · not a score
UPI 🇺🇸US · wire · independent U.S. military pulls out remaining 2,500 personnel, equipment from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UPI → What we have measured Actor named in the body the court is the subject and three co-defendants are counted but unnamed ×1Administration named as acting The report states the ruling as the administration's power to designate and to bar, in the administration's own terms. ×1Asserted versus attributed states flat that nothing was revealed, while other reports carry Xi's stated positions ×1Completeness stated flat presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby ×1 from 2371 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Which clock is stopping

Some reports count from the 2003 invasion and others from the 2014 mission against the ISIS group. The start date decides what is ending: an occupation or a counter-insurgency mission. Only one report says the coalition's operations go on from Jordan and Erbil.

1 reports saying operations continue from Jordan or Erbil
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources UPI
Centre estimate · not a score
UPI 🇺🇸US · wire · independent U.S. military pulls out remaining 2,500 personnel, equipment from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UPI → What we have measured Actor named in the body the court is the subject and three co-defendants are counted but unnamed ×1Administration named as acting The report states the ruling as the administration's power to designate and to bar, in the administration's own terms. ×1Asserted versus attributed states flat that nothing was revealed, while other reports carry Xi's stated positions ×1Completeness stated flat presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby ×1 from 2371 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · The US Military Says Its Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq is Complete Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Troops Exit Iraq: What's Next for Pro-Iran Groups? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Coalition Ends Mission in Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How does Iraq’s security change after US forces withdraw? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iraq celebrates National Sovereignty Day as US troops withdraw Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed All US troops have left Iraq.
UPI, Tehran Times and Asharq Al-Awsat report that the US military says the withdrawal is complete. Shargh, citing US Central Command through Mehr, reports that logistical support for operations in Syria continues through an air base in Erbil.
Checked against 4 sources:
UPI
Centre estimate · not a score
UPI 🇺🇸US · wire · independent U.S. military pulls out remaining 2,500 personnel, equipment from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UPI → What we have measured Actor named in the body the court is the subject and three co-defendants are counted but unnamed ×1Administration named as acting The report states the ruling as the administration's power to designate and to bar, in the administration's own terms. ×1Asserted versus attributed states flat that nothing was revealed, while other reports carry Xi's stated positions ×1Completeness stated flat presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby ×1 from 2371 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · The US Military Says Its Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq is Complete Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified The withdrawal ends a 12-year mission against ISIS.
Only Asharq Al-Awsat, carrying agency copy, dates the mission to the coalition's deployment in 2014. Tehran Times and UPI count from the 2003 invasion. That measures the whole US presence, not this mission, so neither contradicts the 12-year figure.
Checked against 4 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · The US Military Says Its Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq is Complete Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Coalition Ends Mission in Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → UPI
Centre estimate · not a score
UPI 🇺🇸US · wire · independent U.S. military pulls out remaining 2,500 personnel, equipment from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UPI → What we have measured Actor named in the body the court is the subject and three co-defendants are counted but unnamed ×1Administration named as acting The report states the ruling as the administration's power to designate and to bar, in the administration's own terms. ×1Asserted versus attributed states flat that nothing was revealed, while other reports carry Xi's stated positions ×1Completeness stated flat presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby ×1 from 2371 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Coalition operations against ISIS will continue from Jordan.
Only Shargh carries this, citing CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper through Mehr and Al Jazeera. None of the other reports we hold on the withdrawal mentions it.
Checked against 1 source:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

8 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

UPI
Centre estimate · not a score
UPI 🇺🇸US · wire · independent U.S. military pulls out remaining 2,500 personnel, equipment from Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UPI → What we have measured Actor named in the body the court is the subject and three co-defendants are counted but unnamed ×1Administration named as acting The report states the ruling as the administration's power to designate and to bar, in the administration's own terms. ×1Asserted versus attributed states flat that nothing was revealed, while other reports carry Xi's stated positions ×1Completeness stated flat presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby ×1 from 2371 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to give a number for the final contingent: 2,500 personnel, with their equipment.
The United States formerly withdrew the last of its forces and equipment bringing to a close more than two decades of military involvement.
Completeness stated flat: presents the withdrawal as a full end, with no mention of forces nearby — “The United States formerly withdrew the last of its forces and equipment bringing to a close more than two decades of military involvement.”
Read it at UPI → https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/09/30/withdraws-from-Iraq/24217907…
Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Counts from the 2003 invasion, and the only report to name the insurgency and civil war it set off.
US forces leave Iraq 23 years after invasion International September 30, 2026 - 16:47 The U.S. military has withdrawn its last remaining forces from Iraq, 23 years after it invaded the country, sparking an insurgency and civil war in Iraq. After the withdrawal of the U.S. military from the rest of Iraq in January, about 1,500 service members remained in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north. This was not the first U.S. military withdrawal from the country. U.S. forces pulled out in 2011, declaring their mission over amid mounting Iraqi political opposition to the presence of U.S.
Measure chosen: counts from the 2003 invasion and names what it set off — “23 years after it invaded the country, sparking an insurgency and civil war in Iraq”
Measure of time chosen: counts from the 2003 invasion and names the insurgency and civil war that followed — “23 years after it invaded the country, sparking an insurgency and civil war in Iraq”
Read it at Tehran Times → https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530602/US-forces-leave-Iraq-23-years-a…
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How does Iraq’s security change after US forces withdraw? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
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Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/how-does-iraqs-security-change…
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iraq celebrates National Sovereignty Day as US troops withdraw Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
Leads with Iraq's security forces parading in Baghdad and Najaf for 'Sovereignty Day'.
play Live Sign up Show navigation menu Navigation menu NewsShow more news sections Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Sport Opinion Video MoreShow more sections Originals Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis Investigations Interactives In Pictures Science & Technology Podcasts Travel Sponsored Content play Live Click here to searchsearch Sign up Toggle Play Iraq celebrates National Sovereignty Day as US troops withdraw Iraq’s security forces held parades in Baghdad and Najaf to celebrate ‘Sovereignty Day’, a national holiday marking the with
Whose frame leads: leads with Iraq's own celebration — “Iraq’s security forces held parades in Baghdad and Najaf to celebrate ‘Sovereignty Day’”
Whose framing leads: leads with Iraq's own 'Sovereignty Day' celebration, not with the US announcement — “Iraq’s security forces held parades in Baghdad and Najaf to celebrate ‘Sovereignty Day’”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/30/iraq-celebrates-nati…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report saying coalition operations continue from Jordan and that logistics for Syria still run through an air base in Erbil.
جهان ۸ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۲۹ سنتکام: عملیات ائتلاف پس از خروج از عراق از اردن ادامه می‌یابد فرماندهی مرکزی آمریکا اعلام کرد عملیات نظامی این کشور و ائتلاف پس از خروج نیروها از عراق همچنان از اردن ادامه خواهد داشت. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، به گزارش الجزیره، برد کوپر، فرمانده فرماندهی مرکزی آمریکا موسوم به سنتکام اعلام کرد با واگذاری مسئولیت اصلی امنیت عراق به دولت این کشور و نیروهای عراقی، نیروهای آمریکایی و ائتلاف مستقر در منطقه همچنان برای مقابله با آنچه تهدید داعش خواند، آماده خواهند بود. بر اساس این گزارش، ستاد موسوم به «عملیات عزم راسخ» که با هدف مقابله با داعش شکل گرفته، اکنون در اردن مستقر ا
What others omit: logistics for Syria operations continue from an air base in Erbil — “حمایت لجستیکی از عملیات‌های سوریه از طریق یک پایگاه هوایی در اربیل ادامه می‌یابد”
What continues: the only report saying operations continue from Jordan and that support runs through an air base in Erbil — “حمایت لجستیکی از عملیات‌های سوریه از طریق یک پایگاه هوایی در اربیل ادامه می‌یابد”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1131626
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · The US Military Says Its Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq is Complete Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Dates the end to a 12-year mission against ISIS, and says the last troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal agreed two years ago.
The US military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the ISIS group. The last US troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. The withdrawal, agreed on two years ago, comes against the backdrop of the ongoing war between the United States and Iran that has also sometimes spilled over into Iraq, with Iran-backed militias firing on US troops and the US striking the groups' strongholds. Baghdad touted the end of the US mission as a sign of the country's increasing st
Measure chosen: counts from the 2014 mission against the ISIS group — “ending a 12-year mission to fight the ISIS group”
Measure of time chosen: counts from 2014 and describes it as a mission against ISIS — “ending a 12-year mission to fight the ISIS group”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5324246
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Troops Exit Iraq: What's Next for Pro-Iran Groups? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Reports Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's pledge that pro-Iran groups will hand their weapons to the state, and AFP's doubt that it will be simple.
With the US-led anti-extremist coalition leaving Iraq, Baghdad faces mounting pressure to rein in Tehran-backed armed groups, a difficult task in a country long caught between its allies, the US and Iran. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who assumed power earlier this year with the United States' blessing, has pledged that after the coalition exits on Wednesday, pro-Iran groups would hand over their weapons to the state. But the issue has proven far more complicated than simple announcements, said AFP. Iraq has long been a proxy battleground for the US and Iran, with each interfering in major poli
Stated versus attributed: says flat that the prime minister holds office with US backing — “Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who assumed power earlier this year with the United States' blessing”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5324163
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US-led Coalition Ends Mission in Iraq Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Gives the coalition's history: deployed in 2014, ISIS defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019, wind-down agreed in 2024.
After more than a decade, the US-led coalition is ending its mission in Iraq, having helped save the country from extremists while causing persistent friction. Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the ISIS group, which had seized large swathes of both countries and committed massacres and atrocities, AFP said. The group was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019, but coalition forces stayed on to battle the group's remnants. Baghdad and Washington agreed in 2024 to wind down the coalition's mission, and its troops withdrew gradually from bases across the country,
Stated versus attributed: judges the coalition's legacy without saying who judges it — “having helped save the country from extremists while causing persistent friction”
Judgement stated flat: says in its own voice that the coalition helped save the country, with no one credited — “having helped save the country from extremists while causing persistent friction”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5324158
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Haaretz
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Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
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IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
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Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
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Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
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Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
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Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
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Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
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Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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