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Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends
The withdrawal of coalition forces, under a deal agreed two years ago, was a key demand of the Iraqi government.
What the coverage shows
All three outlets cover the departure itself, but BBC News and Channel 4 News frame it as the end of the anti-Islamic State mission, while the New York Times broadens the angle to Iraq’s uncertain future. BBC alone mentions the withdrawal was under a deal agreed two years ago and a key demand of the Iraqi government. Channel 4 alone says the mission began in 2014 to help defeat Islamic State.
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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