A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight extremists concluded its mission on Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country's leaders and US President Donald Trump despite fears of emboldened pro-Iran armed factions.
Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, which had seized large swathes of territory, committed massacres, and forced thousands of women and children into slavery.