{
    "byline": "Seth Frantzman",
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    "excerpt": "US forces deployed as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the anti-Islamic State mission, completed their departure from Iraq on September 30. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi held a ceremony to mark the occasion and called it \u201cSovereignty Day\u201d for Iraq. The US withdrawal was expected and in process throughout the last year. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq released several statements indicating that they felt emboldened by the development.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 5367,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "US forces complete departure from Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq ends"
}